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ALFRED W. LAWSON 



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BY 

ALFRED W. LAWSON 


The Author of 


Lawsonomy. 

Born Again. 

Natural Prophecies. 

How To Grow Young. 

The Key To Perpetual Movement. 

A 2000 Mile Trip In The First Airliner. 


The Inventor of 

The Airliner. 

The Armored Battler. 

The Trans Oceanic Float System 
And Many Aeronautic Mechanical Devices. 


The Discoverer of 


Perpetual Movement. 

The Law Of Penetrability. 
Zig-Zag-And-Swirl Movement. 


The Founder of 

LAWSONOMY—The Super Science of Life. 


COSMO POWER COMPANY 

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Copyrighted, 1923 

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Alfred W. Lawson. 


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CONTENTS 


Page 

Definitions . 8 

The Wizard of Reason. 11 

Author’s Preface. 25 

Man, A Conscious Machine. 31 

Man, A Combination of Substances. 37 

Penetrability . 45 

Lawsonpoise . 53 

Assimilation . 61 

Foods . 69 

The First Suction Point. 79 

Reforming Food Substances. 83 

Heart Suction and Blood Swirl. 91 

Suction and Pressure of the Lungs. 103 

Bones and Muscles. Ill 

Kidneys and Skin. 119 

The Mental System. 129 

The Senses . 143 

The Teeth. 157 

Formation and Nourishment. 163 

Exercise . 175 

Rest. 183 

Daily Habits . 187 

Character. 197 

Super-Senses. 205 

Summary. 209 

APPENDIX. 

Publisher’s Note . 215 

The Key to Perpetual Movement. 217 





























DEFINITIONS 


LAWSONOMY —A super science that treats of the basic 
laws that govern the Universe—Physical, Mental, Moral, Spirit¬ 
ual—and shows their relationship to one another according to 
the discoveries made and the understanding of those laws by 
Alfred W. Lawson, the Founder. 

UNIVERSE —That which extends everywhere and embraces 
everything. It always was, is now, and always will be. 

DENSITY —That which the universe is composed of. Den¬ 
sity is made up of substances of infinite variability and the dif¬ 
ference causes Penetrability. There is no space without Den¬ 
sity. Space with lesser Density draws toward it substances of 
greater Density. Substances of different density penetrate one 
another. Although indistructable there is no limit to the separa¬ 
bility of density. 

PENETRABILITY —The basic law of movement as dis¬ 
covered and explained by Alfred W. Lawson. This law shows 
that all movement in the universe is an effect of a difference in 
density whereby one substance penetrates another substance 
through the pull of suction and the push of pressure. 

SUCTION —Movement caused by space with lesser density 
drawing toward it substances of greater density. Lawsonomy 
shows that size and direction does not exist in the universe 
except through comparison of moving currents, bodies, or par¬ 
ticles and that greater density falls towards lesser density until 
opposed by counteracting pressure. 

PRESSURE —Movement caused by greater density falling 
toward space with lesser density. Lawsonomy shows that as 
the universe has no size it can have no direction, but that mov¬ 
ing currents, bodies, or particles takes a line towards space 
with lesser density until overcome by an equal or greater move¬ 
ment caused by either suction or pressure, or until stopped by 
ft wall of greater density or reaching a level of equal density. 

LAWSON POISE —A common level sought between greater 
and lesser density that creates a balance in the universe. The 
cause of perpetual movement. Lawsonpoise is the masterpart 
of the universe without beginning or end. It extends every¬ 
where and affects everything. It causes all movement to be 
■imultaneous and interdependent. 

ZIG-ZAG-AND-SWIRL —Is movement in which any forma¬ 
tion moves in a multiple direction according to the movements 
of many increasingly greater formations, each depending upon 
the greater formation for direction and upon varying changes 
caused by counteracting influences of suction and pressure of 
different proportions. 

SUPERLATIVE M ATH EM ATICS— A greater system of 
mathematics that coming man must devise to compute Zig-Zag- 

And-Swirl and measure cosmic currents. 


SUBSTANCE — A manifestation of density in variable forms. 
Any form of substance is made up of a combination of sub¬ 
stances, each of which is composed of substances and so on 
without end. 

COLOR —A manifestation of substances the shades of which 
are as variable as the variability of substances. 

LIGHT —A substance, or combination of substances or par¬ 
ticles of different colors made tangible by pressure. It is mani¬ 
fested through impact against substances of greater density. 
It penetrates substances of both greater and lesser density. 

SOUND —A substance of subtle penetrating qualities caused 
by pressure of various matter which becomes intelligible through 
specially constructed organs such as the ears of man, into 
which it is drawn by suction. 

MENTALITY —A substance of subtle penetrating qualities 
and great speed. It is used to manifest feeling or consciousness 
through the instrumentality of the mental system. 

MENTAL ORGANISMS —Minute living mechanisms that 
have both power of suction and pressure and capable of both 
receiving and transmitting intelligence. 

MENTAL FIBRES —Small tubes through which currents of 
mentality pass carrying messages to and from the senses and 
center of consciousness of living forms. 

MENTAL SYSTEM —The machinery in living forms through 
which feeling and consciousness are manifested. In man it con¬ 
sists of Mental Organisms, Mental Fibres, Mental Channels, 
Mental Currents, Spinal Cord and Brain. 

HEAT —A form of density. A substance made apparent 
through pressure of various matter. All matter contains heat 
but its intensity is effected by concentration and pressure. The 
difference in intensity of heat imparted to two bodies of equal 
mass but different substance is caused by a difference in suction 
of the different substances that heat mixes with. When re¬ 
leased by pressure heat pursues the lines of the least resistance 
toward suction points or space of lesser density. In attempting 
to reach space of lesser density heat passes through the minute 
pores of solids, fluids and air causing expansion, dissolution and 
reformation of substances. A combination of heat and water 
produces a different form of density—steam—which is substance 
of lesser density than water but of greater density than heat. 

Steam also moves towards space of lesser density and any 
movable thing in line of it -will be moved by it. It is the pres¬ 
sure of steam confined within a restricted space trying to reach 
space of lesser density that forces movable machinery to move. 
Among the theories taught in schools today is that heat is a form 
of energy caused by vibration of ether, but Lawson’s Law of 
Movement shows that there is no such thing as a form of energy 
in the universe and that this unprovable theory is a fallacy with 
no basis of support and must be abandoned if science is to make 
substantial advancement in physics along provable and natural 
lines. According to Lawson there is nothing mysterious about 
movement if the underlying principle of Penetrability is under¬ 
stood, 


A fool may be born with good health, but it 
takes wisdom to learn how to improve it. 


THE WIZARD OF REASON 


BY 

CY Q. FAUNCE 

To try and write a sketch of the Life and works 
of Alfred W. Lawson in a few pages is like trying 
to restrict space itself. It cannot be done. So we 
must be satisfied at this time with a record of a 
few bare facts concerning this unique thinker and 
hope that we may be called upon subsequently to 
portray in a more complete form the interesting fea¬ 
tures of a life replete with thrilling incidents and 
extraordinary accomplishments. 

From a human point of view Lawson is a veri¬ 
table wizard of reason, for in giving to the world 
the Law of Penetrability and also Zig-Zag-And- 
Swirl Movement, he has placed himself in the fore¬ 
front of all great- thinkers who have preceded him 
during the history of mankind. The lessons from 
Copernicus, Galileo, Newton and Einstein, relating 
to universal laws are like school boy information in 
comparison to Lawson’s analysis of eternal move¬ 
ment. 

The Life of Alfred W. Lawson has been that of 
an indefatigable experimenter and builder. With 
an analytical mind that bores through the founda¬ 
tions, he has spent his life as an investigator of 


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natural laws and as a designer and constructor of 
practical things. 

To start with, Lawson built himself up from an 
obscure child without education, prestige or encour¬ 
agement to a vigorous physical and intellectual man¬ 
hood. 

He actually built his own strong body and mind 
to superb standards with the idea constantly in view 
of how best he could serve humanity. Always 
thinking of mankind and for mankind to the exclu¬ 
sion of his own economic interests is what made 
Lawson the great practical thinker—the master of 
mind. 

Alfred William Lawson was born in London, Eng¬ 
land, from Scotch-English parents. His father, Rob¬ 
ert Henry Lawson, was a mechanical engineer, in¬ 
ventor and theological scholar who studied at Ox¬ 
ford for the ministry. His mother, Mary Anderson 
Lawson, was a student of economics. They emi¬ 
grated to America when Alfred was but three weeks 
old which gave him an early start to see the world. 

As a boy, young Alfred had no advantages over 
other boys in any way, unless it was that he was 
not overfed or pampered by his parents and was 
afforded an early opportunity to support and de¬ 
velop himself by and through his own efforts. 

At the age of eleven years, after a short public 
school education, Alfred Lawson started out to shape 
his own course in this world and began to earn 
his living expenses by selling newspapers in the 
streets of Chicago. 


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But from the very beginning of his life Lawson 
sacrificed his chances for economic gain to take time 
for thought and travel. He wanted to see the world 
for himself and take time to study man and his re¬ 
lationship to the universe. He noted the different 
happenings everywhere and then mused over the 
causes for them. 

Lawson was a normal boy however, and he liked 
to play as well as to work, and growing up in an 
American atmosphere he learned to play baseball. 

Lawson became an adept at baseball play and 
having an innate love for travel as well as a desire 
to grow strong physically he became a professional 
baseball player. 

During the summer of 1890, A1 Lawson as he was 
then known, was a pitcher for the Boston and Pitts¬ 
burg clubs of the National League of America. One 
of the outfielders of the Pittsburg Club during that 
year was Billy Sunday, who subsequently became 
America’s most famous Evangelist. 

But even as a boy Lawson was not satisfied with 
playing away his life but yearned to develop busi¬ 
ness capacity within himself. He had latent organ¬ 
izing ability and began to demonstrate it by organ¬ 
izing ball clubs and leagues. Later he became known 
as the greatest organizer of baseball leagues in 
America, having established eleven different minor 
leagues. 

During the winter season of 1890-1891, Lawson 
organized the “All America Base Ball Club” and 
took it on a trip through Cuba. He took along with 
him a young amateur shortshop by the name of John 


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McGraw whom he discovered playing with a, little 
country club at Wellsville, N. Y. He coached this 
youngster in the fine points of the game, encouraged 
him in his desire to become a great player and 
after the trip to Cuba he secured for him a position 
with the Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Club. Subsequently 
John McGraw became the greatest baseball manager 
in history and for more than twenty-five years suc¬ 
cessfully managed the New York Club of the Na¬ 
tional League. 

Lawson is a man who takes as much pride in the 
success of other great men as he does in his own 
success and during his whole life he has aided in 
bringing forward many promising young men in the 
different lines of work with which he has been asso¬ 
ciated. 

During his baseball career, Lawson became the 
owner of many clubs from which he earned a for¬ 
tune. He developed unusual ability for organizing 
and managing big business projects. At one time 
he owned five of the eight clubs in one league. 

The baseball business gave Lawson a chance to 
develop his business ability in a big way but he 
never forgot the idealistic side of life. Much of his 
time was spent in foreign travel and he visited Eu¬ 
rope, Africa, Australia, New ^Zealand and many 
other parts of the world. 

Although Lawson proved himself to be an excep¬ 
tionally good business man he found time for mental 
as well as physical recreation. He became a writer 
and put into form many notable works that are 
instructive and useful to mankind. 


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In his book “Bom Again” published in America 
in 1904, Lawson showed at that early stage of his 
life that he had considerable knowledge of the fun¬ 
damental laws that govern the universe and par¬ 
ticularly of Physics, Economics and Psychology. In 
that book, which was also published in Germany in 
1905, Lawson told how an entire nation could be 
asphyxiated during warfare by the administration 
of poisonous gas. 

Many years later the Germans began the practice 
of poisonous gas in warfare on a smaller scale than 
Lawson indicated, but it has come to pass that scien¬ 
tists everywhere now acknowledge that what Lawson 
pointed out many years ago is quite practical and 
that it is possible for an enemy to asphyxiate an 
entire nation with poisonous gas. 

In “Born Again”, Lawson showed how the trans¬ 
migration of the soul is possible as well as showing 
how many remarkable achievements are within the 
reach of future man, some of which are as follows: 

That a city can be owned and operated by a com¬ 
munity with great economic advantages and that it 
can be built entirely under one roof, a mile or more 
high. That the streets can be made to run vertically 
as well as horizontally, with car service going up¬ 
ward and downward as well as forward and back¬ 
ward, at different levels and with suitable connec¬ 
tions made altitudinally as well as latitudinally and 
longitudinally. That the interior of such a city can 
be irrigated with pure air and lighted everywhere 
at all times with sunlight. 


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That sunlight is a substance and that it is possible 
to harness or mix it with matter of greater density 
and utilize the compound for lighting purposes. 

That it is possible for people to see and hear what 
is going on in any part of the world at any time 
through the power of extended mentality. 

That thought transference is a natural process 
and can be acquired by the human race within a 
few generations by continuous desire, effort and 
practice. 

That is possible for the human race to think col¬ 
lectively and thus create a powerful earthly con¬ 
sciousness capable of directing the movements of 
cosmic formations. 

These and many other remarkable things did Law- 
son tell to the world in “Born Again” more than 
twenty years ago. 

Lawson also worked out a rule whereby he could 
forecast with marvelous accuracy future economic 
changes and events. Many of his published fore¬ 
casts have already come true as he outlined them in 
his early articles and editorials. 

Lawson retired from the baseball business in 1908, 
when he decided to develop a movement towards air¬ 
craft and air transportation. During that year he 
founded the magazine Fly of Philadelphia and two 
years later he founded the magazine Aircraft of New 
York. It was he who coined the word Aircraft and 
he also had it registered as a trade-mark in the 
United States Patent Office. 

His unusual understanding of physical laws en¬ 
abled Lawson to point out editionally to his co-work- 


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ers in airology throughout the world how aircraft 
could be developed for war and commercial pur¬ 
poses. His remarkable statements published in Fly 
and Aircraft at different times between 1908 and 
1912 that airplanes would be used as fighting ma¬ 
chines, “just as soon as Germany, France and Eng¬ 
land decide to go to war 1 ' was more or less ridiculed 
by both aeronautic men and laymen alike at that 
early stage of the airplane. 

Several years afterward, however during the world 
war when exactly what Lawson had written and pub¬ 
lished in his magazines, actually happened, then 
those who remembered his published statements said 
that he must be a prophet, but Lawson said that 
what he had pointed out was merely a practical fore¬ 
cast based upon physical and economic laws. 

After the United States of America entered the 
world war, Lawson, besides designing and building 
airplanes for the Government, invented the “Trans¬ 
oceanic Float System’’ whereby a number of air¬ 
plane carriers were to be stationed at intervals of 
fifty miles apart across the ocean as guide points 
and landing and supply stations for airplanes flying 
across the Atlantic in order that thousands of them 
could be sent to the battle lines in Europe in the 
quickest way and at the least cost in shipment. 

The war ended before these plans could be car¬ 
ried out by the War and Navy Departments, but a 
year after the war was over the United States Navy 
proved the practical value of the plan, as far as 
flying boats were concerned, by sending the first 


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airplane across the Atlantic Ocean according to 
Lawson’s Trans-Oceanic Float System. 

After the war Lawson invented the Commercial 
Airliner which he described as follows: 

“A heavier-than-air-craft of commercial 
design with cabin capable of seating eight - 
een or more people and of sufficient height 
to allow passengers to walk erect from end 
to end without interference from cross-wires 
or bracings of any sort.” 

In 1919, Lawson built a 26 passenger carrying 
airliner of that type in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, U. S. 
A. and amazed the world by navigating it himself 
from Milwaukee to New York and Washington, D. C., 
and return to Milwaukee after carrying several hun¬ 
dred passengers altogether between points and es¬ 
tablishing many new aeronautic records. 

As an illustration of how thoroughly Lawson de¬ 
velops his plans before proceeding to put them into 
shape, the first airliner was flown from Milwaukee 
to Chicago, New York and Washington, immediately 
it was taken from the factory and assembled on the 
flying field. There were no alterations to be made 
nor a part changed in the whole aircraft. 

In 1920 Lawson invented and built “The Midnight 
Airliner ” in which he introduced sleeping berths, 
a shower bath, a heated cabin, a mail chute and many 
other innovations for efficient and luxurious air 
transportation. He also introduced a method for 
transferring mail and passengers from the Airliner 
to a small airplane while both moved along together 
at the same rate of speed. 


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Lawson states that air navigation is a very sim¬ 
ple proposition and that it will only take a few years 
of natural growth before it will be generally adopted 
by mankind for commercial as well as for war pur¬ 
poses. He says that there is no problem in air traf¬ 
fic that he has found impossible to solve and that 
it is merely a matter of capital catching up to the 
idea. 

“ Furnish the money to build the ships and equip 
the service” says Lawson, “and I will show you 
quickly how a profitable Airline can be put into 
order. Air transportation is child's work anyway 
in comparison to some of the other great economic 
plans I am working out.” 

“It is one thing to be able to work out big plans 
and another thing to be able to make capital see 
their earning capacity” says Lawson, “the bigger 
the plans the more money is required to execute 
them. ’ ’ 

“With the money it takes to build a modern battle¬ 
ship” continued Lawson, while in a talkative mood, 
something that seldom happens, “I could build a 
machine that would annihilate an entire army or 
navy or fleet of aircraft several hundred miles away. 
I could also build machinery that would light up 
the world with sunlight instead of electricity; heat 
the world direct from the sun instead of from the 
coal mines; and furnish power to operate industrial 
plants at one-tenth of the cost that it now requires. 
But who can understand these things”? 

That is just the question, who is there among us 
mortals today who can understand Lawson when he 


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goes below a certain level? There seems to be no 
limit to the depth of his mental activities. 

The master of mind has come. Who is there 
among ns strong enough to recognize him? Where 
are the minds to understand his works? Who can 
analyze his thoughts or visualize his understanding 
of the universe ? 

Lawson very clearly proves in his elucidation of 
Penetrability that vibration is not the cause of move¬ 
ment but simply an effect of Pressure caused by 
Suction which is primarily caused by a difference 
in density. 

He also very clearly proves that the word Energy 
is a meaningless phrase and that no such thing exists 
in the universe, because everything that moves does 
so by or through currents of different density pulled 
by Suction and pushed by Pressure. He upsets all 
textbook theories on Physics heretofore claimed by 
the greatest scholars on Earth. 

Lawson shows that Newton’s Law of Gravity is 
simply the pull of the Earth’s Suction and that 
Newton’s whole work relates to but a minute par¬ 
ticle of the vast fabric of Penetrability. 

Lawson also shows that Einstein’s theory of Rela¬ 
tivity is right only insofar as it relates to a differ¬ 
ence in size of bodies or the speed of light in com¬ 
parison to the speed of other substances, but that 
Einstein’s claim that Time is a dimension is wrong. 
From Lawsonomy we learn that Eternity recognizes 
no such condition as Time, and Lawson says that 
‘‘Time is merely a form of comparative conscious- 


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ness and is reckoned according to the movements of 
different bodies”. 

Lawson’s Law which says ‘ ‘ the attraction of bod¬ 
ies or particles to one another is but the attraction 
of Suction for Pressure is a distinct contribution to 
the science of chemistry; and his discovery that 
“the difference in sex is determined by Suction and 
Pressure” and that “consciousness is the effect of 
organized substances and thinking is caused by Suc¬ 
tion and Pressure” is so tremendous in scope that 
physicists, metaphysicists and biologists will be kept 
busy for centuries to come fathoming and determin¬ 
ing their important features. 

It will interest physiologists to know the Lawson 
Law of building up and tearing down human beings 
by Suction and Pressure, and also to learn that men¬ 
tality and sound are both substances of different 
density. They will also agree, no doubt, that the 
blood must first be drawn to the heart by Suction 
from all parts of the body before it can pumped 
into the body as Lawson has so clearly pointed out 
in his chapter on Heart Suction and Blood Swirl. 

Harvey, who first discovered that the blood moved 
through the body did not, of course, understand Pen¬ 
etrability and could not show the cause of blood cir¬ 
culation as Lawson explains it. 

Lawson’s Law that “there is no limit to the small¬ 
ness of space” will no doubt puzzle atomic theorists, 
histologists and students of microrganisms for some 
time to come, as well as the information that Suction 
and Pressure builds up and tears down molecules, 
atoms and electrons according to the same rule that 


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human beings or greater bodies are composed and 
decomposed. 

Astronomers will be astonished to learn from Law- 
son that the earth is a living breathing body that 
draws its sustenance in principally at the North Pole 
as well as through the pores of its crust and that it 
ejects its waste gases chiefly at the South Pole; also 
that the earth moves around the sun in a Swirl peri¬ 
odically within a current of ether, pulled and pushed 
by Suction and Pressure. 

And Astronomers, Physicists, Chemists, Meta¬ 
physicians, Histologosits, Biologists and Economists 
will all learn much more from Lawson than what 
he has already announced if he lives long enough 
to fully record the investigations he has already 
made in Universal movement. 

The birth of Lawson was the most momentous 
occurrence since the birth of mankind. His coming 
will establish the beginning of a new order in the 
development of man. The mental means to bring 
to man’s consciousness an understanding of Pene¬ 
trability and Ziz-Zag-and-Swirl movement and a 
greater mathematical system to compute the effects 
of that complex movement must be developed. That 
of course is the work of centuries, but Lawson has 
clearly and definitely pointed the way and mankind 
invariably recognizes and follows its greatest lead¬ 
ers although not always as quickly as would appear 
to its best interests to do. 

There is* no human or universal problem that 
the mind of Lawson could not fathom and make clear 
if he had the time to devote to it. To use his own 


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words “nature lias no secrets. If man will but 
look far enough he can see and know everything.” 

Lawson brings to the average thinking man or 
woman in simple, beautiful expressions the great¬ 
est secrets that the universe contain. 

His masterful works can be understood by the 
thinking child if but studied and pondered over care¬ 
fully. His everv sentence must be studied however, 
not merely read. His books should be re-read many 
times and each time one will come nearer to the 
marvelous truths expressed so clearly by him. 

Lawson says that his great work is only begun and 
that he has formulated plans that will require fifty 
years to complete; but if Lawson should die today, 
posterity will honor and glorify him as no other 
mortal, because he has given mankind the true base 
from which to start an edifice of super-knowledge 
of the universe and its laws. 

September 19, 1922, will always be remembered 
as an eventful day because on that date Lawson 
gave to the world Penetrability, presented in the form 
of an address before a body of Journalists at Wash¬ 
ington, D. C. It was copyrighted and recorded in the 
Library of Congress on that day, under the title of 
LAWSONOMY—a digest—and the news tele¬ 
graphed to all parts of the world. 

Penetrability was not a sudden and unexpected 
discovery by Lawson. He spent the best part of his 
life deliberately working it out through the process 
of reason. He understood this great law years 
before he publicly recorded an outline of it, but he 


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took plenty of time to experiment with the principle 
before giving it to the world. 

With characteristic patience and thoroughness 
with which he undertakes the solution of all prob¬ 
lems Lawson first made sure that he was right be¬ 
fore he recorded the facts in digestible form. 

Posterity alone will be able to fully appreciate the 
value of this agregious contribution and countless 
human minds will be strengthened and kept busy for 
thousands of years developing the limitless branches 
that emanate from the trunk and roots of the great¬ 
est tree of wisdom ever nurtured by the human race. 


AUTHOR’S PREFACE 


After many years of thought upon the subject I 
have worked out and now understand the basic law 
that causes eternal movement. I have discovered 
that there is no such thing in the universe as energy. 
That is to say there is no tangible form of Energy 
as is now taught in schools throughout the world. 
I can also prove that the whole theory of vibration 
is a fallacy. 

The new law, I call Penetrability and all move¬ 
ment from atom to Solar System and beyond is but 
the effect of it. 

The definition of Penetrability set forth in diction¬ 
aries is not as I define it, but as this word expresses 
most clearly the idea I wish to convey, I have adopted 
it for the purpose. 

I have also coined a new word—LAWS ON- 
POISE—which briefly means the balance between 
Suction and Pressure in their relationship to Pene¬ 
trability. I might have found another word that 
would have expressed the idea, but in order to avoid 
misunderstanding as much as possible, I call it Law- 
sonpoise. 

The words Suction and Pressure are used to ex¬ 
press the idea I wish to convey although not used 
entirely in the same sense as dictionaries define 


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them. However, one will soon catch the meaning of 
these words as the general idea unfolds itself. 

I also give my own meaning to the words Density 
and Substance. My definition of Density is; all mat¬ 
ter in the universe. My definition of Substance is; 
a form of density. To simplify the subject I refer 
to solids, liquids, air, vapor, etc., as substances, 
although each is a combination of substances. 

When I speak of solids, liquids, air, gases, etc., 
as substances, it is to make clear as possible, the 
idea of Penetrability, although all of these are com¬ 
posed of substances which are likewise composed of 
substances. In fact, there is no such thing as a sub¬ 
stance, that is not composed of substances. I want 
to explain the idea, however, and not split hairs on 
technicalities. I also want the student to grasp the 
great idea instead of wasting time trying to find 
flaws in the language used to express it. 

The law that governs eternal movement being a 
big subject, I realize that it wall take some time 
for mankind to wholly digest it, so I shall make it 
known in parts. 

While strictly speaking Lawsonpoise is only appli¬ 
cable to eternal movement throughout the universe, 
still I have found a way to apply the principle to 
a human being and thereby increase the length of his 
life and power immeasurably. So I have decided that 
the physiological branch of Penetrability and Law¬ 
sonpoise will be published first and other branches 
connecting with Physics, Chemistry, Astronomy and 
Economics will be taken up later in separate trea¬ 
tises. 


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It must be understood at the outset that I deny 
nothing that has so far been proved, but that my dis¬ 
coveries are basic and are immutable laws for Sci¬ 
ence to take hold of and be guided by. So far no 
one has ever proved what Energy is, for the simple 
reason that there is no such thing in the universe. 
But on the other hand my law of Penetrability ex¬ 
plains very clearly just how everything moves. 

In this work I adopt everything Science has al¬ 
ready proved physiologically that is in conformity 
with my own basic laws but I substitute alterations 
and additions where previous information was found 
inaccurate or limited. 

The theory that Energy has a tangible form is 
easily disproved and must be discarded as soon as 
Science understands the law of Penetrability. 

There is nothing according to the law of Penetra¬ 
bility that discredits the practice of medicine. In 
fact it upholds the principle and proves that Med¬ 
ical Science is a necessity and that it has already 
proved itself to be of incalculable benefit to the hu¬ 
man race. 

A Physician, however, cannot be held responsible 
for either health or sickness. Every person is more 
or less responsible for physical ailment, and the 
practitioner is merely called upon to repair the 
damage after the guilty one has broken Natural 
Laws and forced himself into a disabled condition. 

If a telegraph wire is broken and communication 
is disturbed between two points a repairman is 
needed to fix the line, and likewise, if a mental fiber 
is disconnected, or an organ, bone, muscle or tissue 


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of the human frame is out of order a Physician, or 
one skilled in such work, must he called upon to 
repair the damage. Therefore, the Physician is no 
more or less than a human repairman. 

But I say, if one will understand the laws upon 
which he is created, nourished and moves about, and 
will live in harmony with those laws, that sickness 
will not appear at all and the repairman will not be 
needed. But on the other hand, as long as there 
are people who break these Laws, then, insane asy¬ 
lums and hospitals are needed and Physicians and 
Nurses must attend to them. 

It is not the purpose of this work, however, to 
either agree or disagree with different methods of 
treatment offered as cures, but to point out to the 
student how a human being is composed, how he is 
able to move, how he grows, and how he decomposes 
and passes away, as well as to show him how he can 
adjust himself so that sickness cannot take hold of 
him, and how he can retain, or obtain the muscular 
elasticity and appearance of youth for an indefinite 
period, and how this can be accomplished without 
any outside help whatever. 

Man is not his own architect, but he is his own 
builder and he can learn and must learn how to 
build himself with the best materials and by the 
most efficient methods and upon correct principles. 

Wishing for good health, however, will not bring 
it—the denial of ailments does not cure them nor 
cause them to disappear. For if that was the case 
life would be but one pleasant dream after another, 
with neither effort nor laws to be bothered with. 


MANLIFE 29 

One must not distort his reasoning faculties by 
adopting such idiosyncrasies, for if he does he will 
soon find himself unable to reason at all or to an¬ 
alyze correctly any sort of a mental proposition or 
natural condition. 

By distorting his mind with the fumes of opium 
a poor sick weakling can imagine that he is well and 
living a life of ease and comfort without effort, but 
that does not make it so, any more than the deluded 
drunkard sees real snakes while in a state of De¬ 
lirium Tremens. It is as easy to fall from one side 
of mental equilibrium as it is the other, and one 
must not disable his mind with fantastic notions 
that cause him to deny the realities of life. 

There is much to be learned from books already 
in print about man, but I tell in this work some 
things about man and the universe that have never 
been told before. I have tried to make myself un¬ 
derstood by all readers of this book irrespective of 
their technical training by using the simplest lan¬ 
guage at my command. 

I have also tried to make this work interesting, 
instructive and practical, as well as having intro¬ 
duced into Physiology the Law of Penetrability and 
given information concerning many new discover¬ 
ies I have made relating to Physics, Chemistry, 
Astronomy and Biology. 


First understand the principle upon which it is 
based and you then become master of the subject. 


CHAPTER I. 


MAN-A CONSCIOUS MACHINE. 

To me, the most important thing in the universe is 
man—because I am a man. And as it is within my 
power to guide myself through this life I believe it 
sensible to learn something about man and the laws 
which govern my own movements. 

Furthermore, if I can give what information I am 
able to gather to others that they may be benefited 
thereby and utilize this information toward in¬ 
creased efficiency and more successful and happy 
lives then I feel that it is my duty to do so irre¬ 
spective of all other considerations. 

Before an airliner that will fly can be built the de¬ 
signer of it must first understand the laws upon 
which flight is based and then conform to those laws. 

The same rule must be applied to a human ma¬ 
chine as to a flying machine—one must understand 
the laws that govern the movements of man and 
then live in accordance with those laws. 

For the foundation of all life is movement and 
man is a conscious machine capable of moving about 
at will providing he understands and controls him¬ 
self. 

Any airman knows that if an aircraft is not built 
right it will not fly right. He knows that the better 


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the materials put into the aircraft and the more at¬ 
tention given to the details of construction the bet¬ 
ter will be its performance in action. He further 
knows that the better care he gives it himself the 
better it will fly and the longer it will be of service. 

Thousands of airmen have lost their lives during 
the past because they went aloft in badly construct¬ 
ed aircraft or because they did not understand their 
machines or were careless in handling them. 

But while thousands of airmen lost their lives 
by not knowing or not having taken proper care 
of their aircraft, quadrillions of human beings have 
lost their lives prematurely because they did not 
know their own bodies or how to take care of them. 

Of all things man should understand and care for 
the most is man. But of all things the average man 
knows the least about and gives the least care and 
attention to is himself. 

The average man not only does not try to develop 
himself by the proper methods, but actually abuses 
himself to the breakdown point, and then blames 
everything but himself for the misfortune. 

If nature had not formulated very wise laws for 
man’s protection against himself, he would long 
since have become extinct, a victim to his own death 
dealing habits. 

If a man could have but one suit of clothes dur¬ 
ing his entire life, it is quite certain that he would 
treasure it above all things and endeavor, by the 
most careful methods, to make it last as long as 
possible. He would diligently study the art of mak¬ 
ing clothes and how the materials of which clothes 


M ANLIFE 


33 


are composed could be strengthened and preserved 
and he would learn how to combat to the best ad¬ 
vantage the ravaging elements which cause the de¬ 
cay of those materials. 

A thousand times more should he study how man 
is made, how the materials of which he is com¬ 
posed can be improved and how to overcome the 
dangerous elements which destroy him. 

Preserving and improving materials, machines or 
human beings gives them longer life and increased 
efficiency and keeps them ‘‘ younger’’ for a longer 
period. 

If a man of 50 years can demonstrate the same 
physical standard as the average man of 25 years, 
then he is comparatively as young as the average 
man of 25 years of age; or if a man 100 years is as 
efficient as the average man of 50 years, then he is 
from a useful point of view but 50 years young. 

One aviator will wreck a new airplane the first 
day he takes it aloft, while another aviator will keep 
the same type machine in service for several years: 
the difference in the lives of the two machines lying 
in the knowledge of, and care given to them, by dif¬ 
ferent aviators. 

One man will die at 25 while another will live to be 
100 years of age in accordance with the care given 
to their respective bodies by each of them, irre¬ 
spective of the age of either of them. 

A well old man is certainly more to be admired 
than a sick young man. He who is sick proves that 
he is weak and nature shuns weakness. 


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MANLIFE 


The prayer of man pleading for eternal youth has 
been chanted throughout the ages and superstitious 
people during the past have journeyed great dis¬ 
tances in search of a mythical fountain from which 
it was supposed the old and decrepit could magically 
regain their former youth and strength by bathing 
in its waters. 

But nature does not recognize magic in any form. 
It bases its entire work upon immutable laws; laws 
which are well defined and certain. 

Nature knows no pity and shows no favors; it 
establishes the rules and they must be obeyed or the 
consequences must be taken. 

Ignorance of the rules secures no leniency and 
we are supposed to learn them from observation 
and experience. 

Nature’s laws must be understood and obeyed 
down to the minutest detail in order to obtain the 
fullest scope along any line of growth or develop¬ 
ment. 

A full grown cow cannot be made into a half grown 
calf, and no man of 50 years of age will ever be 
changed into a 15 year old youth—that is as true as 
the fundamental law upon which the universe is 
governed. 

But nature does not set any limit to the length of 
man’s life or efficiency and it is possible and abso¬ 
lutely certain that if man will learn and follow na¬ 
ture’s laws that he can increase his efficiency and 
extend the length of his life indefinitely. 

A man of 50 cannot return to the boy of 15, but 
he can so adjust himself to the rules which cause his 


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35 


growth that for a long time he can retain the same 
efficiency or even increase it. 

This work will show how a man can, by following 
natural laws, increase his efficiency and length of 
life from 25 to 50 per cent and how mankind as a 
whole, can, by combined and continuous effort 
through many generations extend the average 
length of life to several hundred years and elim¬ 
inate through natural process all weaklings and de¬ 
graded people. 


The Apew of age and power is established 
in proportion to capacity and longevity. 


CHAPTER II. 


MAN—A COMBINATION OF SUBSTANCES. 

Everything in the universe is density. 

Density consists of varying substances which 
cause Penetrability and combinations. 

Combining Substances causes formations which 
are brought together and held intact by the power 
of Suction. 

Formations are disintegrated by the Power of 
Pressure. 

There are no other factors for building or dis¬ 
rupting formations in the universe but Suction and 
Pressure. No movement whatsoever can take place 
except through these two channels. 

Man is a formation. He is a combination of sub¬ 
stances drawn together by the Power of Suction 
and then squeezed apart again by the Power of 
Pressure. 

The Substances of which man is composed are 
the outgrowth of penetrating intercourse between 
the sun and earth as well as other cosmic influences. 

The sun is the center of a solar system of which 
the earth is a part and it is the direct influence that 
causes the nature of the substances that make man. 

If the action of the sun should change in its rela¬ 
tionship with the earth and the substances of which 


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man is composed were withheld from him, he would 
perish. 

The sun sends to the earth in currents such sub¬ 
stances as light and heat. 

Light and Heat are composed of many substances 
of great penetrating qualities which form combina¬ 
tions of substances on Earth that man absorbs, is 
composed of and is sustained by. 

So man grew to his present form by gradually 
drawing into himself by the power of Suction such 
Substances as were obtainable on Earth for the 
purpose. 

Like every other formation in the universe the 
structure of man is in a continual state of change 
and he must therefore continue to rebuild himself 
relentlessly, through the power of Suction with such 
substances as are required to replace the substances 
which Pressure is constantly squeezing out of him 
in order to live. 

So if the sun should fail to shine and the various 
substances that light and heat contain were not sent 
to the Earth then there would be no way for man 
to obtain them and he would pass away. 

In fact a slight change in the composition of the 
air surrounding the Earth would cause the immedi¬ 
ate death of the whole human race. For air is sub¬ 
stance composed of substances that is kept alive by 
the action of the sun. 

Each component part of man is made of a differ¬ 
ent combination of 'substances and it is necessarv 
therefore, to absorb in correct ratio such substances 


M ANLIPE 


39 


as the different parts of man need for growth and 
replacement. 

Bone, muscle and brain must be fed with the right 
substances in proper proportions. The power of 
Suction and Pressure must be established propor¬ 
tionally throughout the whole system, from cell to 
organs by means of substances in order to move the 
body about through muscular activity. 

The action of the sun upon the air, water and soil 
bring into form certain kinds of vegetable life 
which contain various substances upon which man 
and the whole animal family are nourished. 

Sometimes one animal subsists upon the carcass 
of another animal but the substances thus obtained 
were in the first place absorbed from vegetation. 

Science already understands the nature of sixteen 
different elements of which man is composed; and 
science also knows the different proportions of these 
sixteen elements that make up the different parts of 
man. 

But Science has not yet arrived anywhere near the 
source of variability of these substances. 

For one cannot go very deeply into the subject 
without discovering that seed contains seeds. 

There is no such thing as a beginning or ending of 
density. 

All things are understood by comparative con¬ 
sciousness. So what to man appear a microscopic 
beginning of a formation appears to a microbe a 
huge system of moving bodies capable of being di¬ 
vided and subdivided indefinitely. 


40 


MANLIFE 


There was a time when man thought that the mol¬ 
ecule was the smallest particle in the universe. But 
through increasing consciousness he learned that 
there was something smaller—the atom. 

But with the discovery of the atom man again 
profoundly decided that this was the very bottom of 
minuteness and that the atom could not be separated 
into parts. 

Further investigation, however, brought to light 
the tiny electron and so man once again proclaimed 
that his newest discovery—the Electron—was be¬ 
yond doubt, the minutest particle extant. 

A most peculiar characteristic of man is that he 
limits the universe and all that it contains to the 
boundary lines of his own consciousness. 

Just as there can be no limit to the largeness of 
space so there can be no limit to the smallness of 
space. 

Just as there can be no limit to the size of in¬ 
creasingly greater formations in the universe, so 
there can be no limit to the size of decreasinglv 
smaller formations in the universe. 

Size as well as time is merely a form of com¬ 
parative consciousness. 

So it must be understood that the variation of 
substances in the universe is limitless, and that 
there is no such thing as a substance that is not 
composed of substances, nor a particle that does not 
contain particles. 

It took millions of years for man to acquire his 
present structure and during his growth he grad¬ 
ually absorbed from time to time the different sub- 


M A N L IF E 


41 


stances of which he is now composed. Now he must 
continue to draw into himself these same substances 
in order to live and develop. 

These substances will be obtainable upon earth 
for a long time to come, but with the gradual change 
in greater cosmic formations the intercourse be¬ 
tween the sun and earth will be effected, which will 
change the nature of the substances he now sub¬ 
sists upon and eventually the form and composi¬ 
tion of man will also be changed. 

While the method of composition and decomposi¬ 
tion by Suction and Pressure upon which the life, 
growth and death of man is based, will continue for¬ 
ever still the nature of the substances which sus¬ 
tains him will vary with changing cosmic action. 

Natural laws remain the same but conditions 
throughout the universe are constantly changing. 

In studying himself, therefore, man will find that 
everything which he can understand or prove is 
composed of substances. His entire frame, includ¬ 
ing his mental organs, is built of substances of dif¬ 
ferent density which can be made to hold together 
for a long period or which can be dissolved in a few 
seconds. 

Fire, for instance, will quickly burn man up and 
the substances of which he is composed will pass 
into other forms. 

Man was developed in a temperature ranging be¬ 
tween certain degrees of heat and cold and unless 
kept within those limits the substances of which he 
is composed cannot hold together as an organized, 
workable structure. 


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Great heat will expand the substances of man so 
quickly that his structure will pass into gaseous 
forms and penetrate the air in particles. 

On the other hand, great cold will contract the 
substances of which man is composed to such an 
extent that he will be squeezed to death by the power 
of Pressure. 

The continuous readjustment of Density by Suc¬ 
tion and Pressure in their relation to Penetrability 
both creates and destroys formations. But by un¬ 
derstanding and following their laws man can pre¬ 
serve himself indefinitely. 

He must learn, not only the nature of the sub¬ 
stances of which he is made, but he must learn the 
source from whence they came. He must then draw 
into his body only such substances as are needed to 
constitute a well organized system and furnish the 
power of movement. 

A chauffeur does not put sand in the carbureter of 
his motor when he wants to move his car from place 
to place for he understands that would stop the en¬ 
gine from running. 

A careful driver of an automobile takes pains in 
the selection of the right quality of gasoline used to 
generate power that moves the machine. He also 
chooses the best grade of oil for lubricating pur¬ 
poses. 

Just as the better grade of gasoline and oil mean 
greater power and endurance for the automobile 
engines, so does the better foods, properly digested, 
mean greater power and length of life for human 
beings. 


M A N LIF E 


43 


If the bones of man are formed by nature with 
certain organic and mineral substances which give 
the maximum strength and rigidity for the mini¬ 
mum weight then man must eat food that contains 
those same substances if he would keep his bones in 
proper condition. 

If the bones of man contain one combination of 
substances, the muscles another combination, the 
skin another, and the mental fibres another, then 
the blood must be furnished with these different 
substances from the food eaten in order to supply 
them to the different parts of the body. 

So the quality and quantity of the food taken 
into the system is a most important factor for man 
to consider if he wants to build a strong, healthy 
body, enjoy good health, and live a long life. 

Man’s inclination to investigate and record the 
results of his experiments has enabled each suc¬ 
ceeding generation to obtain the knowledge of and 
improve upon the methods of a preceding one, and 
then build a practical and continuous science for all 
succeeding generations to be guided by and add to. 

The w T orld is indebted to all students and experi¬ 
menters of the past for what is known today con¬ 
cerning the composition of man. 

Billions of patient, painstaking and painful ef¬ 
forts have been expended by man during the past 
that he might know himself, and the sum total of 
his efforts are now set together like a growing tree 
of knowledge, the fruit from which can be had at 
any time by anyone in exchange for the mere effort 
that it requires to study and understand it. 


Health, strength and success stand 
upon the foundation of effort. 


CHAPTER III. 


PENETRABILITY. 

What is movement? What causes movement? 

No problem has ever caused man more perplexity 
than the nature and cause of movement. 

For upon the correct understanding of movement 
rests the entire framework of Physics, Chemistry 
and Astronomy, as well as Physiology. 

Science has been fumbling about for a long time 
for the correct answer to those questions and will 
no doubt continue to fumble for some time to come, 
even after the questions are properly answered 
herewith. For science is more or less rule strong, 
and their rules so far, to some extent, have been 
based upon the wrong premises. 

Science does not relish tearing down structures 
that have taken a long time to build up, even though 
the foundations were set upon the quicksands of 
theory. 

All sorts of theories have been advanced regard¬ 
ing the nature and cause of movement, but none so 
far has had any logical basis of support for two 
good reasons. These theories usually ascribed to 
movement or motion (1) a tangible form and (2) 
a point of beginning, and no such thing exists in 
either case. 


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One theory starts movement with the molecule 
from which it is supposed a substance called energy 
is created that develops into general and everlasting 
movement. 

Another theory begins with the electron and sets 
forth the claim that nothing of a tangible nature ex¬ 
ists in the universe except vibration. The facts are 
these: 

(1) Movement or motion or energy has no tan¬ 
gible form. 

(2) There is no point of beginning for move¬ 
ment. 

Movement is an effect. The cause of that effect is 
a difference in density which causes Penetrability. 

Penetrability has no beginning nor ending place, 
so movement is eternally effective. 

Without Penetrability no movement could take 
place because one substance cannot move through 
another substance of equal density. 

Penetrability causes solids to move through liq¬ 
uids; liquids to move through air; air to move 
through gas; gas to move through light, etc. 

When one substance penetrates another sub¬ 
stance, a moving current is established and any mov¬ 
able formation in line of that current is moved. 

There can be no current that is not composed of 
substance. So it is substance that moves and not 
motion that moves. 

Currents of substances of different density and 
proportions are moving about the universe eternal¬ 
ly, and differently organized formations are moved 
through contact with these currents. 


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47 


The two dominant factors of Penetrability are 
Suction and Pressure. 

Space containing lesser density causes Suction, 
which draws towards a center with a swirling move¬ 
ment substances of greater density. 

This Suction movement causes cohesion of these 
substances which create a formation that expands 
until balanced, contracted and finally disunited by 
the opposing factor Pressure. 

Space containing greater density causes Pres¬ 
sure that pushes from the center towards sub¬ 
stances of lesser density. 

This pressure movement causes disjunction of sub¬ 
stances that disrupt formations and scatter the par¬ 
ticles for reformation elsewhere by Suction. 

This law is immutable and extends everywhere in 
the universe. 

If it were not for Penetrability nothing in the 
universe could move and all matter would be at a 
complete standstill. 

If all substances were of equal density one could 
not penetrate another and therefore everything 
would be stationary, and the universe would contain 
no life or action of any sort. 

Now density is made up of many substances and 
combinations which, for example, can be differen¬ 
tiated as solids, liquids, air, vapors, gases, odors, 
heat, cold, light, electricity, sound, mentality, etc. 

It is the difference in density that causes Pene¬ 
trability and movement. 

So the first law of movement is Penetrability. 


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M ANLIFE 


Everything in the universe is Density and there 
is no such thing as space without it. 

A vacuum is space filled with substances of les¬ 
ser density which draws into it substances of greater 
density. 

Moving currents of varying substances are every¬ 
where in the universe and although of different den¬ 
sity and proportions they all move by the same law. 

It makes no difference if it is a current of water 
moving a raft downstream, a current of air moving 
a ship at sea, a current of Electricity moving a 
car, a current of blood moving a corpuscle or the 
lesser currents that carry the electrons or the 
greater currents that carry the earth and solar sys¬ 
tem, they all move according to the law of Penetra¬ 
bility. 

Light penetrates air in currents; heat penetrates 
water in currents; sound penetrates vapor in cur¬ 
rents; mentality penetrates solids in currents. It 
is the difference in density that causes this pene¬ 
tration. There is no such thing as a form of energy 
or vibration or motion that moves anything in the 
universe. 

When the currents of heat penetrate the air close 
to the surface of the earth, a lighter air combina¬ 
tion is formed with less density than before and as 
the suction of the earth draws nearest to its crust 
matter of greater density, the colder heavier air is 
drawn downward to replace the warmer lighter air 
expanded by the substance heat and in this manner 
air currents or winds are formed. 


M A N L IF E 


49 


So if a ship at sea with sails spread is in line of 
one of these air currents it will move along with it. 
The ship will be moved by a current of air caused 
by the penetrability of substances of different 
density. The current of air will he drawn along by 
suction. Such a thing as Energy or vibration has 
nothing to do with it. 

When water runs down hill, it is drawn by suction 
towards the center of the earth and it takes the line 
of least resistance until it reaches its level. This 
level is the nearest point towards the center of the 
earth that the crust of the earth will permit it to go. 

Water being of greater density than air it pene¬ 
trates air and the earth’s suction pulls the heavier 
substance through the lighter substance. But liquid 
being of lessor density than the solid it cannot pene¬ 
trate the crust of the earth. 

So the water remains upon the surface of the 
earth at the nearest points towards the center of 
suction. 

So Penetrability causes a current of water to 
move through air and if a raft is in this current it 
moves along with it. The earth’s suction then, 
moves both the current of water that moves the raft, 
as well as the raft, through the penetrable substance 
air, until the impenetrable solid crust of the earth 
will allow them to move no further. No such thing 
as Energy or vibration has anything to do with that 
movement. 

When the lungs expand, the space is filled with 
air drawn into them by suction. This air moves to 
the lungs in currents caused by suction and if there 


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M ANLIFE 


are any particles of dust in line of these currents 
of air as they are being drawn into the nostrils, they 
also will move along with the current. Both air and 
dust then obtain their movement by suction and not 
by what text books refer to as a form of Energy or 
vibratory motion. 

As oxygen passes from the lungs to the blood, it is 
moved by suction which draws the blood to the heart 
in currents and every movable thing in line of those 
currents moves with them including the red cor¬ 
puscles tilled with oxygen. There is no such thing 
as a form of energy or vibratory motion in that 
movement. 

After the heart has expanded to its fullest ca¬ 
pacity with blood drawn into it by suction, pressure 
causes the heart to contract which forces the blood 
to flow in currents to all parts of the body, carrying 
along with it, corpuscles, oxygen and various nutri¬ 
tious substances drawn from the intestines by suc¬ 
tion. There is no such thing as a form of Energy 
or vibration that causes that movement. 

When a muscle makes an expanding movement, it 
draws toward it by suction the various substances 
carried there by the blood from the lungs and in¬ 
testines for building, heating and power purposes. 
And when a muscle makes a contracting movement, 
it forces away from it by pressure the decomposed 
matter caused by this action, which in turn is drawn 
back into the blood and is carried back to the heart 
and lungs and is ejected from the body by pressure. 

All of these movements are caused by Penetra¬ 
bility of substances of different density which causes 


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51 


suction and pressure with expanding and contract¬ 
ing movements as far down the scale as it is possible 
to discern or as far up the scale as it is possible 
to understand. 

No such thing as a form of Energy or vibrating 
motion can be found that causes movement of any 
kind, either within or without the human frame. 

Every body or particle of matter in the universe, 
in order to move at all, must penetrate other matter 
of different density, and must be either pulled by 
suction or pushed by pressure through it. 

The more action brought into any part of the body 
the more suction is created, and the more suction, 
the greater expansion and strength is caused by 
drawing to that part new matter for the building 
up process. 

Lack of action causes lack of suction which results 
in pressure squeezing or contracting the body or any 
part of it until it shrinks and shrivels away. 

As long as the power of suction can be kept 
greater than the power of pressure on any part of 
the body it will continue to expand and grow, and 
as long as suction equals pressure that part will 
remain in the same condition but as soon as suction 
through depreciation does not equal pressure, then 
decay begins. 

This law applies to the entire system, or to any 
organ, bone, muscle tissue or cell of the body. The 
law is the same whether it works in a cell or the 
whole body. In fact, this law works the same wheth¬ 
er applied to an atom, or the solar system, or be¬ 
neath or bevond as the case may bo. 


Accept facts when proved; consider theories not 
proved; reject fallacies that are disproved. 


CHAPTER IV. 


LAWS0NP0ISE. 

The universe has no size nor shape; no inside 
nor outside; nor a center. It has no limits or boun¬ 
daries of any kind. There is no such thing as di¬ 
rection in the universe. It is neither a plane, a cube 
or a sphere. The universe has no time. 

Size is but a comparison of bodies or particles in 
density but the universe has no measurements at all. 

There is only one universe and that extends every¬ 
where and contains all things. 

While there is no limit to the separability of 
density still density is indistructible and everlasting. 

Penetrability causes substances of varying den¬ 
sity to move in countless directions simultaneously. 

All substances move along the lines of the least 
resistance, which is in the direction of space con¬ 
taining the lesser density. This movement is con¬ 
tinuous until either a common level has been es¬ 
tablished or a combination of substances have been 
drawn together by suction and coagulate into a for¬ 
mation of greater density capable of withstanding 
the pressure of the surrounding substances. 

Space with lesser and greater density throughout 
the universe causes an eternal conflict between suc¬ 
tion and pressure in which suction draws together 


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matter and composes formations and pressure 
pushes away and decomposes formations. 

Suction then is an attractive force which pulls 
together, composes and expands and pressure is a 
repellant force which pushes away, decomposes and 
contracts. 

All formations of any nature whatsoever are sub¬ 
ject to these two forces and when the power of suc¬ 
tion is less than the power of pressure decomposi¬ 
tion takes place. 

Suction causes a swirling movement of substances 
of greater density toward the center of space con¬ 
taining lesser density and these substances continue 
to rotate until suction loses its power of swirl and 
pressure disintegrates the mass. The solar system, 
the Earth or an electron are examples of swirling 
formations created and held intact by suction. The 
circulation of blood demonstrates the swirling prin¬ 
ciple in man. 

The center of suction and action in the solar sys¬ 
tem is the sun, the center of suction and action in 
man is the heart. 

If the sun should lose its power of suction ex¬ 
ternal pressure would disintegrate the solar system. 
If the human heart should lose its power of suction 
external pressure would disintegrate man. 

When man is able to analyze the composition of 
the earth’s interior he will learn that it is made up 
of many substances of varying density with a center 
of suction at the core which keeps in circulation cur¬ 
rents that bring nourishment to the whole structure 

and also carrv away the waste matter. 

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MANLIFE 


OD 


It will be found that the most of the earth’s nour¬ 
ishment is drawn in at the North Pole and the most 
of the waste matter is evacuated at the South Pole. 

The substances which the earth draws into itself 
for nourishment is of such a subtle nature that it 
passes through the pores of the earth without any 
noticeable effect to mankind. In fact man is inocu¬ 
lated with these same substances. 

Expansion is caused by suction which draws in 
from without and contraction is caused by pressure 
which squeezes out from within. 

Expansion in one part of the universe causes con¬ 
traction in another part of the universe. 

Perfect functioning of suction and pressure in 
their relationship with Penetrability causes equi- 
disposition of composition and decomposition 
throughout the universe which I have called LAW- 
SONPOISE. 

Lawsonpoise is a common level sought by sub¬ 
stances of varying density throughout the universe 
which causes perpetual movement. 

It is Lawsonpoise that causes perpetual or eter¬ 
nal movement of matter. It is Lawsonpoise in Pene¬ 
trability which establishes equality between Suction 
and Pressure. 

Lawsonpoise is the mainspring of action. It is 
the center of balance without which nothing can 
move. 

Everything in the universe that moves does so in 
conformity to the law of Lawsonpoise. 

Because of Lawsonpoise the universe will forever 
keep its balance and use over and over again in 


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changing forms the material of which it is composed. 

Lawsonpoise is the masterpart of the universe. 
It extends everywhere and effects everything. It is 
a factor without beginning or end. It is of such far 
reaching intricacy that it may take thousands or 
millions of years of mental development in mankind 
before it can be generally understood. 

Lawsonpoise causes all movement in the universe 
to be simultaneously effective and interdependent. 

Lawsonpoise decides the length of life or move¬ 
ment of everything whether cosmic, terrestrial, ani¬ 
mal, vegetable or microscopic in nature. 

As long as man is attuned to Lawsonpoise he lives 
and moves but when he gets out of harmony with it 
he loses balance and dies. 

If a man could maintain Lawsonpoise he could 
live forever. 

In constant harmony with Lawsonpoise man 
would lose nothing through the process of composi¬ 
tion and decomposition and therefore as an organ¬ 
ized system he would not wear out. In this condi¬ 
tion the particles of man would be continually 
changing but the structure would remain intact and 
with all organs functioning properly he would be a 
perfect machine. 

Man may never reach that stage of perfection 
but he should try to get as near Lawsonpoise as 
possible by adjusting himself with the elements of 
which he is a part. 

To be effective man must balance in many ways. 

As a self moving machine his body must be of such 
density that it can be drawn to and rest upon the 


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crust of the earth through the power of the earth’s 
suction and still be able to rise from the crust of the 
earth to move about. 

To accomplish this his body must not contain too 
much weight, nor too little weight, and therefore it 
must be constructed of substances in such a manner 
that it can be moved away from the earth in momen¬ 
tary acts through power furnished by the marvelous 
system of double acting, spring like muscles that are 
moved by his own internal suction and pressure. 

In order to maintain a body of this kind each and 
every cell composing it must be properly balanced 
by suction and pressure in their relation to Pene¬ 
trability so that the structure itself will be balanced 
throughout. 

Each organ of the system must be balanced sep¬ 
arately and in unison with each other so that har¬ 
monious action can be established and the whole 
mass act together as one. 

Lawsonpoise of man is effected principally in 
three ways: (1) Nourishment, (2) Action, (3) Rest. 

Food furnishes the substances to build and repair 
the structure as well as the fuel for power. 

Action creates suction and pressure which alter¬ 
nately draws nourishment into the cells and squeezes 
the changed matter out of them. 

Rest affords time for storing up nourishment to 
replace that used up by action. 

The quality and quantity of substances drawn into 
the body for nourishment; exercises that will de¬ 
velop and keep in action the maximum number of 


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muscles; and, sufficient rest for recuperation pur¬ 
poses are the foundation of efficiency and longevity. 

Incorrect functioning of muscular movements; im¬ 
proper substances drawn into the system; and, in¬ 
sufficient rest will destroy the balance that keeps 
man alive. 

The human body passes through three distinct pe¬ 
riods: (1) Youth, (2) Maturity, (3) Decline. 

Youth is the period during which the system has 
not attained maximum proportions. 

Maturity is the period of fixed physical propor¬ 
tions during which the maximum activities are af¬ 
forded. 

Decline is the period when the cells of the system 
recede and the different parts of the body shrink 
and rot away. 

The disuse of any organ or muscle through lack 
of exercise causes a lack of suction in that part and 
stops nourishment of the cells which sustain it. 

The lack of suction in any part causes a decrease 
of expansion and permits pressure to more or less 
gradually squeeze away the structure. 

The more cells that are squeezed away by pres¬ 
sure for the lack of suction to sustain them, the 
weaker the muscles and organs become and the less 
the organs will function, which causes a general 
weakness to the whole body. 

With this shrinkage of muscular activity the sys¬ 
tem loses balance until a certain degree of general 
deficiency has been reached when it loses all power 
of movement and life becomes extinct. 


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The period of decline can begin at any age and 
frequently a body passes from youth to decline and 
death without reaching maturity. 

Youth is an undeveloped period that requires the 
protection and guidance of maturity while growing 
to fixed proportions. 

Maturity is the prime stage to reach and retain 
as long as possible. It is the vigorous and stable 
period; the age of power and reason. Once arrived 
at in a healthy condition, with all organs properly 
synchronized and working in harmony with natural 
laws, one owes it to himself, to his offspring and to 
mankind to keep as close to Lawsonpoise as possible 
and live as long and strong as earthly conditions 
will permit. 


It requires more time to return to a balance in 
life than it does to reach it in the first place. 


CHAPTER V. 


ASSIMILATION. 


Man grows up from seed. 

Seed is the concentrated essence of living forma¬ 
tions drawn together and combined by the power of 
suction, which will reproduce the likenesses and 
characteristics of progenitors, under the right con¬ 
ditions. Seed is evolutionary. 

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Seed is the point of suction of a new formation 
which if fed with proper substances will expand 
and grow to natural proportions. 

Suction is the female of movement. Pressure is 
the male of movement. Female movement draws in 
from without and male movement pushes out from 
within. In seed the male is drawn into the female. 
The foundation of sex is SUCTION AND PRES¬ 
SURE. The difference in sex is but the difference 
in movement. 

After the male seed has been drawn into the fe¬ 
male seed by suction, an internal conflict of forces 
takes place as the micro-substances of the seed mix 
and combine into a new form. 

As a result of this conflict either the power of 
suction or that of pressure predominates. If it is 
suction the combination then develops into a female 


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form and if it is pressure the combination develops 
into a male form. 

The attraction of one sex for the other is merely 
the attraction of suction for pressure and ultimately 
a combination through union results. 

The same law prevails between all so-called chem¬ 
ical affinities—suction attracts pressure and par¬ 
ticles unite the male with the female into a new for¬ 
mation until Penetrabilitv disintegrates them bv 

currents of different densitv. 

* 

When biologists take up the study of LAWSON- 
OMY and thoroughly understand the underlying 
principles of Penetrability, they will then give to 
the world an elaborate and masterful interpretation 
of this simple law of sexes which I have outlined 
herewith in a few words. 

The growth of a new formation is caused by feed¬ 
ing the seed. 

After the male seed of a human being has been 
drawn into the female seed sufficient power of suc¬ 
tion has been established therein to draw from with¬ 
out whatever food is necessary for development to 
maximum proportions. 

Prior to birth the embryo child draws into itseif 
from the blood of the mother such substances as are 
necessary for nutrition and after birth the child con¬ 
tinues to draw into itself by the power of suction 
from external sources such substances as are needed 
for maintenance and further development. 

The growth of a human being then is caused, first, 
by the power of suction which draws into itself ex- 


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ternal substances, and second, by the nature of the 
substances which it draws into itself. 

The nature of these substances must not only be 
of the quality needed for the building up process, 
but must also contain elements that will increase the 
power of suction as well. 

Increased growth requires increased power of suc¬ 
tion and internal pressure. 

The human being grows by adding power and 
mass to itself. When the power of suction can no 
longer be maintained, mass then becomes helpless 
and useless and disintegrates . 

To increase mass, increased suction must cause 
expansion which will afford greater space for lodge¬ 
ment of new substances and room for an increased 
number of protoplasmic cells of which the human 
system is composed. 

These protoplasmic cells are the foundation of the 
structure itself and they form into tissues which 
make up, hold together and connect the different 
bones, muscles, fibres and organs of the system. 

The movement of a bone, muscle, fibre or organ 
causes suction to draw substances to the part moved 
which not only feed and maintain the cells of that 
part but with increased space adds more cells to the 
tissue which thereby increases its growth. 

Therefore the drawing into himself from without 
by the power of suction substances that are subse¬ 
quently prepared for, and used in building and main¬ 
taining these cells as well as creating internal move¬ 
ment, can be called assimilation. 


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My definition of the word assimilation is some¬ 
what broader than that given in dictionaries and 
might be summed up as follows:—the whole process 
through which external substances are drawn into 
the human body by the power of suction and are 
converted into the living being. 

No substance can be assimilated that does not har¬ 
monize with the composition of the cells of the body. 

To absorb into the system substances that do not 
harmonize with the cells causes disease and death to 
follow. 

So it is essential to know the nature of the sub¬ 
stances taken into the system and the manner in 
which they are assimilated. 

It is not only necessary for man to absorb sub¬ 
stances that will build up the tissues, muscles, fibres, 
and bones of his body and replace the cells that 
are constantly worn out, but he must absorb sub¬ 
stances that will also furnish fuel for powder and 
heat that will maintain an even temperature of the 
body. 

The food man eats supplies, to a large extent, the 
substances for building, heating and power pur¬ 
poses. 

According to Lawsonomy all power is caused by 
penetrating currents of different density which 
either push or pull any movable thing in line with 
them. 

The heat of the body is kept at a proper tempera¬ 
ture by a mixture of certain digested substances 
with oxygen drawn into the system with the air 
breathed. 


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Just as the hair of the head or the nails of the 
fingers and toes need repeated cutting to allow space 
for the new growth so every part of the body must 
continuously shed its used materials and pass them 
along as waste matter in order to allow new grow¬ 
ing parts to take place. 

Substances for assimilation are continually being 
drawn into the body by the power of suction through 
the mouth, nose, eyes, ears and pores, and waste 
matter is continually being pushed out of the body 
by the power of pressure through the excretory 
orifices and pores of the skin. 

It is suction and pressure that maintain Law- 
sonpoise in the body of man or in the organs, mus¬ 
cles, bones, fibres or cells of man, and it is the Pene¬ 
trability of the substances used that makes assimila¬ 
tion possible. 

Science states that man is composed of sixteen dif¬ 
ferent elements, namely, Oxygen, Carbon, Hydro¬ 
gen, Nitrogen, Calcium, Phosphorus, Sulphur, So¬ 
dium, Chlorine, Fluorine, Potassium, Magnesium, 
Iron, Sillicon, Manganese, Iodine. 

In the food man eats can also be found in varying 
proportions and combinations these same sixteen 
elements which are grouped into four general 
classes, namely, Carbohydrates, Fats, Proteins, 
and Mineral Salts. 

Therefore it is essential to know the correct pro¬ 
portions of these elements that make up the struc¬ 
ture of man and then eat the different kinds of 
food that will furnish these elements in their correct 
proportions. 


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The approximate proportions of elements which 
constitute a normal human being weighing 150 
pounds are as follows: Oxygen, 98 lbs.; Carbon, 30 
lbs.; Hydrogen, 11 lbs.; Nitrogen, 3 lbs.; Calcium, 2 
lbs.; Phosphorus, 1 lb. 13 oz.; Sulphur, 3 lbs. 4 oz.; 
Sodium, 2 lbs. 3 oz.; Chlorine, 2 oz. 250 grs.; Fluo¬ 
rine, 220 grs.; Potassium, 280 grs.; Magnesium, 350 
grs.; Iron, 190 grs.; Silicon, 115 grs.; Manganese, 90 
grs.; Iodine, 1 gr. 

These figures are not guaranteed to be perfectly 
accurate but are furnished to show the relative 
quantities of substances of which a human being is 
composed. 

Thinking men have given to the world knowledge 
of inestimable value regarding the nature and com¬ 
position of matter, but with all due consideration 
for the grand work they have already accomplished 
through far-reaching experiments and research, still 
the surface of this marvelous subject has hardly 
been scratched as yet. 

Man must not only understand the nature and 
proportions of the sixteen elements of which he is 
composed, but he must thoroughly understand the 
principle which underlies these elements and realize 
that density has neither beginning nor end and that 
no matter how subtle a substance, there are still 
substances of lesser density that compose it. And 
on the other hand no matter how dense a substance 
may be there are substances of greater density of 
which it is a part. 

Not only are there in the universe substances that 
are millions of times lesser in density than the air 


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man breathes, and penetrates, but there are also 
millions of different living, thinking, working forms 
in universe that cannot be seen nor understood by 
man. 

Many of these living things are so tiny that quad- 
trillions of them live together in a single human cell. 

In fact each living cell of man’s structure is popu¬ 
lated with as many different species of tiny crea¬ 
tures in graded forms as the earth itself is popu¬ 
lated with different forms of animals and insect life, 
and each one of these tiny creatures not only work 
and struggle for an existence but they too are com¬ 
posed of parts and cells which contain even more 
minute living things. 

These minute living forms are just as important 
in the scheme of life as man. In fact without them 
man could not exist. 

In the food that man eats, in the water that he 
drinks, in the air that he breathes and the sunlight 
that he absorbs, there are various forms of living 
particles that enter into his cells and build up their 
structures. They make in the aggregate the vitality 
of man. 

So air, sunlight, water and food are necessary in 
proper proportions as well as action that creates 
suction and pressure that carry in Penetrating cur¬ 
rents the different substances and their living micro- 
formations to the cells for assimilation. 

The General Director of Penetrability is an Omni¬ 
potent and everlasting experimentor. He wastes 
nothing, and puts to use in some manner or other 
every particle of density and every current of 


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power. He builds living things from waste matter. 
He never constitutes two forms exactly alike. 

Collecting together a number of substances from 
the soil, water, air and sun and moulding them into 
a penetrable and penetrating form with power to 
move, feel, see, hear, taste, smell and think, through 
the forces of suction and pressure, is a marvelous 
experiment in itself, but the Experimentor has not 
yet reached final success with his model, man, but 
intends to bring him to a higher standard, by de¬ 
veloping within him greater powers of self control, 
increased consciousness, and capacity to assume a 
larger interest in the management of himself, the 
earth and cosmic action. 


CHAPTER VI. 


FOODS. 

Although to a large extent man draws into him¬ 
self, by suction, substances that come directly from 
water, air and sunlight, still the largest part of the 
substances which build up and sustain his body 
comes directly from the soil and is generally called 
food. 

This food comes principally from plant life. 

Man, and all forms of animals, birds, insects and 
fish, are either directly or indirectly dependent upon 
plant life for food. 

There are, of course, men, animals, birds, insects 
and fish that sustain themselves directly from the 
bodies of men, animals, birds, insects and fish but 
the substances obtained from these bodies originally 
come from the soil. 

The Great Experimentor uses plant life as an in¬ 
termediate process in making man. Plant life is the 
mother of man. 

From trees come nuts and fruits; from bushes 
come berries; from stalks come grains; and from 
gardens come the different kinds of vegetables. 

Nuts, fruits, berries, grains and vegetables are the 
concentrated essence of plants. 


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Plants are living things that eat, grow, feel and 
to some extent think—and it is even possible that 
they may be able to see and hear and converse with 
one another by some natural method unknown to 
man. 

Plants do not contain the complex organic struc¬ 
ture of man nor as great a degree of consciousness 
as man, hut they live, grow and die according to the 
same principle. 

By the power of Suction plants draw into them¬ 
selves substances which cause expansion and 
growth and by the power of Pressure plants are con¬ 
tracted, disentegrated and passed away. 

Substances that a plant absorbs for life and 
growth come from the air, water, sunlight and the 
soil the same as man. 

Man is of a higher order in the scale of life than 
the plant because he is detached from the soil and 
can move his body about at will, whereas the plant 
it attached to the soil and must remain in one posi¬ 
tion during its entire term of life. 

When man eats, he conveys the food to his mouth 
by the use of his hands and instruments hut when 
the plant eats, it buries its mouth into the soil and 
keeps it there as long as it lives. 

Through a number of roots the plant draws into 
itself, by the power of Suction such substances as it 
requires for nourishment direct from the soil. 

Man has been nurtured with the essence of plants 
for millions of years and without them he could not 
live at all. 


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The substances that make up the structures of 
plants are the same substances that make up the 
structure of man. 

Plants are the parasites of the Earth and man is a 
parasite of plants. 

Plants live and grow within certain degrees of 
temperature within which range their essence—nuts, 
fruits, berries, grains and vegetables—ripen and 
become rich in food value. 

Primitive man subsisted upon plant life in its 
natural state from which he grew a strong and pow¬ 
erful body, to which chronic diseases were unknown. 
With his teeth he could chew up wood, and without 
the aid of tooth brushes he retained all of his teeth 
as long as he lived. 

But some early experimentor who was more the¬ 
oretical than practical began to play with tire and 
introduced the art of cooking foods with excessive 
heat. 

This early experimentor did not know that when 
he exposed food to a higher temperature than that 
in which it was ripened that the structure of the 
food would become disorganized and the elements 
of life would pass out of it. 

The forbear of the inventor of cooking should 
have been lynched before his offspring was born, for 
cooked foods have been the cause of nearly all of 
the ailments which infect our present civilization. 

How much life would remain in man if he were 
cast into a heated oven or a pot of boiling water 
with a temperature of 212 degrees F. or more? 


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The life of a man would not only be snuffed out 
by such heat hut the micro-life within the proto¬ 
plasmic cells of his entire body would also be re¬ 
moved and carried away in the fumes. 

That is what happens to cooked food—all, or most 
of the life that it contains is removed by the ex¬ 
cessive heat and passes away with the fumes. 

Foods from plants when ripe have been brought 
to the proper temperature and condition for man’s 
diet by the sun and the less he tampers with them 
the better it is for assimilation. 

Food that has been robbed of its vital elements 
is dead food and can in no way help to build up the 
cells and tissues of the human body. 

There have been other inventors who have experi¬ 
mented with man’s food to the detriment of his 
health and length of life besides the inventor, or in¬ 
ventors, of cooking. They come under the head of 
the profit making class of dilutors, concentrators 
and adulterators of manufactured foods. If allowed 
the privilege many profiteers would quickly destroy 
mankind for the sake of a little temporary gain. 

It is not within the power of man to cook, dilute, 
concentrate or mix foods for man’s consumption 
without certain sustaining elements being lost 
through the process. 

Nature’s method of cooking man’s food is to heat 
it gradually by the sun during its growth from plant 
life, and nature’s method and place for mixing these 
foods for nutrition is in the mouth, stomach and in¬ 
testines of man. 


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Because the most of man’s foods have been robbed 
of their vital elements through cooking, diluting, 
concentrating and adulterating methods man must 
pay the penalty with weak bodies, disabled organs, 
and all sorts of painful ailments as well as a short¬ 
ened life. 

Some animals that eat their foods direct from 
plant life live approximately ten times the periods 
that it takes to arrive at their maturity. If man 
would do the same he could not only live ten times 
the length of time that it takes him to arrive at his 
maturity, hut by reason of his superior intelligence 
and improved sanitary methods he could live twenty 
or more times the length of that period, or a life 
of several hundred vears duration. 

4 / 

Not only do raw foods contain the necessary ele¬ 
ments for man’s life, growth and health but the 
flavors are more delicious as well. 

Compare the rich, tasty flavor of a ripe turnip 
fresh from the soil with the dead tasteless, lifeless 
stuff that remains after a turnip has been cooked 
and one will not eat the cooked turnip again. Or 
compare the delicious flavors from raw carrots, raw 
spinach, raw peas, raw tomatoes and many other 
different kinds of raw vegetables with those that 
are cooked to death and note the difference. 

There is no food that tastes better to a hungry, 
healthy, person than a shell of green peas direct 
from the garden, chewed up raw into a fine pulp, 
peas, shell and all. 

Plants are guided by Lawsonpoise, and suction 
draws into them certain available substances that 


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gives them balance, and this effect is transferred 
to the seed in correct proportions. 

So when man eats the seed of plants he must, in 
order to obtain the best results, eat the whole of it, 
to secure all of the elements that the plant draws 
from the soil—that means everything that it is made 
of from covering to core. 

When the shell and germ are removed from wheat 
during the refining process of making white flour, 
the best elements of the grain are taken from it and 
the bread that is made from this flour lacks the real 
substances for nutrition. 

Or when certain concentrated beverages are manu¬ 
factured from foodstuffs they are deficient in the 
bulky, solid substances that the juices from the 
mouth, stomach, and intestines alone can mix with, 
and prepare for assimilation. 

Greater variety of food eaten gives greater va¬ 
riety of substances of different density to the hu¬ 
man system which generates increased penetrability 
and conflict between Suction and Pressure of vary¬ 
ing proportions, that results in increased action and 
vitality to the whole organized man. 

All kinds of ripe nuts, fruits, grains, berries and 
vegetables should be eaten in their natural state and 
as fresh from the soil as obtainable. 

For the past twenty years I have lived and kept 

strong on a non-meat diet, and to me that is the 
practical proof that meat is not necessary for the 
sustentation of man. 

There are, however, certain foods that come from 
animals and fowls that have been introduced into 


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man’s diet that are beneficial. Such foods as milk, 
butter, cheese and eggs can be eaten with good 
effect. 

Such leafy foods as lettuce, onions, celery, spin¬ 
ach, watercress, dandelion, parsley and cabbage 
should be eaten frequently. 

Strawberries, raspberries, blackberries and blue¬ 
berries also contain a high standard of life giving 
properties. 

Oranges, grapefruit, lemons, limes, etc., and ap¬ 
ples, pears, peaches, plums, grapes, cherries, figs, 
dates, prunes, and bananas all contain varying sub¬ 
stances that man’s complex system needs to uphold 
vitality to the highest degree. 

The system requires some fats, and olives are 
rich in vegetable fat, although the body can well 
be supplied with it from milk and butter. 

Although there are many kinds of foods in na¬ 
ture’s storehouse, still upon examination, it will be 
found that these foods contain many of the same 
substances in varying combinations. 

Proteins are the nitrogenous foods from which 
albumem, myosin, gluten and casein build up the 
body, keep it in repair and also, to some extent, 
serve as fuel for heat and power. 

Nuts, grains, eggs and milk and beans, peas and 
similar vegetables are rich in proteins. 

Although proteins generate some heat and power 
for the system there are in addition three important 
substances that act mainly as fuels. They are sugar, 
starch and fats. 


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Man’s diet being made np of a mixture of many 
foods it is important that he give attention to the 
choice he makes of foods and endevour to create the 
best condition within himself by eating them in cor¬ 
rect proportions. 

Many foods contain sugar and if the diet is varied 
the system will absorb the correct quantity of sugar 
direct from the foods and will not need it in a re¬ 
fined state. In fact refined sugar, that has been 
robbed of its calcium, robs the bones and teeth of 
the elements that give them their rigidity and 
strength. 

The starch in foods is changed to sugar while 
passing through the digestive organs. 

Food is a very important and almost endless 
subject and recently has attracted many eminent 
investigators who are now making an exhaustive 
study of it. 

These investigators are food specialists and they 
are now teaching the people the value of food to 
the body through books and magazine and news¬ 
paper articles. 

Almost every large newspaper has lately found it 
necessary to employ one of these food experts to 
write daily lessons for the readers and perhaps it 
won’t be long before the good work thus instituted 
will bear fruit and every man, woman and child will 
understand the necessity of eating substantial food. 

So I leave the composition of foods to be ex¬ 
plained by the specialists. 

My work only takes me in that direction to the 
point of showing how man’s food is built up by 


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suction and torn down by pressure the same as 
every other formation in the universe. 

The apple, for instance, draws its sustenance from 
the tree by its own power of suction and continues 
to grow and expand until it attains LAWSON- 
POISE or until it is able to withstand offensive 
pressure which gradually contracts it and squeezes 
its life away. Its quality and longevity depend en¬ 
tirely upon its own power of suction. 

To understand foods thoroughly is the study of 
a lifetime. Everybody, however, should give some 
time to the study of it. A general formula I have 
arranged for every one to remember and follow is: 

(1) Keep as near to nature’s raw foods as pos¬ 
sible. (2) Foods must be as fresh from the soil as 
are obtainable. (3) Eat the whole of these foods 
from covering to core. (4) Mix foods as little as 
possible before eating them. The right places to 
mix foods are in the mouth, stomach, and intestines. 

(5) Change the variety of foods as often as possible. 

(6) Each day the diet should contain some fruit, 
some nuts, some vegetables, some grains and some 
milk, butter and eggs. (7) Eat a little less than the 
appetite demands, thus keeping the digestive organs 
in a receptive condition at all times. (8) Chew food 
until every morsel of it has been disintegrated and 
saturated with saliva. (9) Concentrate the mind 
upon the nature and taste of foods while eating and 
afterward. 


To follow the pathway of natural growth 
is to reach the pinnacle of power. 


CHAPTER VII. 


THE FIRST SUCTION POINT. 

There are numerous changes food must undergo 
before the essence of it can be absorbed by the cells 
and utilized for growth, beat, and power. 

Penetrability is the underlying principle which 
makes possible the change from plant life to man 
life. 

If it were not for the difference in density which 
causes Penetrability there could he no change in 
matter at all. 

The main factor in the change from plant life to 
man life is Suction. 

Without Suction there would be no way to draw 
food into man and no means to distribute it to the 
different parts of the system. 

The heart of man is the center of Suction of his 
formation, but there are numerous subordinate suc¬ 
tion stations scattered throughout the system which 
work in connection with the heart. The mouth is one 
of these subordinate suction stations. 

The mouth is the first suction point that food 
reaches as it is drawn toward the center of suction 
of the body and thence distributed throughout the 
system as needed. 

As soon as food enters the mouth suction begins 
to draw the life out of it and rearrange the sub¬ 
stances for assimilation. 


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In order that solid food can be made penetrable, 
nature furnishes three pairs of salivary glands 
which secrete saliva that moistens the food and 
changes it into a liquid form. 

One pair of these glands are located beneath the 
tongue, another pair under the jaw and the third 
pair just below and slightly in front of the ears. 

These glands are connected with the mouth by 
ducts which allow the saliva to be drawn into the 
mouth by suction. 

Although suction constantly draws saliva through 
these ducts for the purpose of keeping the mouth 
always moist, the flow of saliva is increased largely 
by increased Suction caused by extraneous matter 
being drawn into the mouth. 

All food is more or less absorbent and capable of 
drawing into itself extraneous substances of liquid 
or gaseous forms. But the suction of the mouth 
accelerates the suction movement of the food by 
drawing saliva back and forth through the food until 
the elements of solidity are disunited and take their 
place in the liquid combination that follows. 

The teeth are a big factor in the disuniting of 
solid food as they tear apart and mash up the solid 
matter as it enters the mouth so that all particles 
of it can be thoroughly mixed with saliva. 

As gastric juice acts only upon the outside of each 
piece of food after it enters the stomach it is very 
important that food should be thoroughly masti¬ 
cated while in the mouth and so saturated with sa¬ 
liva that it may enter the stomach in a watery state. 

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dition forces the digestive organs to work ineffi¬ 
ciently and causes dispepsia and other stomach and 
intestinal troubles. 

To obtain the best nutritive results, foods should 
be taken into the mouth in a hard dry state. This 
will give the teeth needed exercise to keep them in 
good condition and also allow the food to absorb a 
generous supply of saliva. 

The longer the food is kept in the mouth and the 
more it is chewed the better it is arranged for diges¬ 
tion. 

The more work man puts into the chewing of his 
food the less work he will have to put into his daily 
life to make a success of it. 

If food is swallowed too quickly two parts of the 
human machine are thrown into disuse; the teeth, 
which need the exercise and the salivary glands 
which furnish the saliva that should be mixed with 
the food. These are drags upon Lawsonpoise that 
start to break down the system. 

Habits that are formed, such as chewing gum, or 
tobacco, stimulate a flow of saliva that is wasted 
instead of being mixed with food for digestive pur¬ 
poses, and is, therefore, a useless and very harmful 
practice. 

Swallowing quantities of saliva that are not mixed 
with food has a bad effect upon the digestive organs. 

To hasten food into the stomach with the aid of 
drink before it is thoroughly chewed and mixed 
with plenty of saliva is a very injurious habit to 
acquire. 

The only method of digestion that will develop 


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man properly is to make all organs do their own 
work without any aid whatever. 

Taking work away from one organ puts excessive 
work and a strain upon some other organ. This 
causes injurious complications to arise throughout 
the entire system. 

Drinking with meals should not be indulged in at 
all. The secretive organs must be given a chance 
to do their own work thoroughly. 

Milk is a food and it should be taken into the 
mouth and mixed with saliva slowly and separately 
to give good results. It should not be used as an 
aid for other foods. 

So-called artificial aids to digestion are not aids at 
all, but are drawbacks to natural digestion. 

The so-called predigested foods are a positive 
danger to the human system, because if those ele¬ 
ments that make the digestive organs work are elim¬ 
inated from foods the digestive organs will soon 
lose their power of action and become useless alto¬ 
gether. 

With the weakening of the digestive organs nutri¬ 
tion decreases, the cells of the system are underfed, 
and it is only a question of time when assimilation 
will cease entirely, and vitality will pass beyond 
recall. 

Action will keep all of the suction points in good 
working order. The mouth, teeth, and salivary 
glands are functions that need action. 

With the proper quality and quantity of food 
placed in the mouth and the maximum action given 
to the teeth at least one-half of the way has been 
gone towards perfect man life. 


CHAPTER VIII. 


REFORMING FOOD SUBSTANCES. 

Penetrability causes all substances to move in cur¬ 
rents along the line of least resistance. These cur¬ 
rents are drawn by Suction or pushed by Pressure. 

No current can be established by Pressure without 
a suction point as the terminal of it. That is to 
say there must be at the end of every current an 
outlet into space containing lesser density than the 
substance of which the current is composed. 

Water on top of a hill will be drawn downward 
by the earth’s suction in currents as long as it can 
pass through substances of lesser density. Water 
can also be pushed upward by pressure as a cur¬ 
rent through a tube as long as there is a suction 
point at the end of the tube allowing the water to 
pass into space containing lesser density than water. 

When water pushed upward through a tube by 
pressure, reaches the suction point of the tube and 
enters the air, the earth’s suction then draws it 
downward again through the lesser density air until 
it reaches the crust of the earth which is of greater 
density than water and which it is unable to pene¬ 
trate. 

When a projectile is forced from the mouth of a 
cannon by pressure it creates a current as it passes 


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through the air. This current could not be formed 
unless there was a suction point at the end of the 
cannon barrel which allows the projectile to pass 
into space containing lesser density than the pro¬ 
jectile. 

As soon as the projectile leaves the mouth of the 
cannon the earth’s suction exerts a pull upon it until 
the force of pressure has been overcome by suction 
and it is then drawn toward the center of the earth 
until it reaches an impenetrable mass. 

The solid crust of the earth is the resisting point 
that water, air and other substances cannot pene¬ 
trate en masse as they are drawn towards the center 
of the earth’s suction. 

Pressure must be offset by Suction in all forma¬ 
tions and so the earth surrounded itself with a solid 
shell in order to hold back pressure and then drew 
into itself substances that expand and counteract 
pressure from without. 

As long as the earth has sufficient power of Suc¬ 
tion to draw into itself the required substances from 
without, to offset outside Pressure the earth will 
continue to hold together. But as the earth loses 
this power of Suction then Pressure will gradually 
contract it by a squeezing movement until it finally 
passes away and the substances of which it is com¬ 
posed pass into different forms. 

This same principle applies to man and all living 
formations without regard to size or shape. 

Penetrability establishes currents of different 

density as a means by which movement can take 
place. 


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So when solid food is drawn into the mouth of 
man the first step towards assimilation is the re¬ 
construction of its mass formation into a flowing 
current that will pass along the line of the least 
resistance. 

This reconstruction process is accomplished by 
the suction of the mouth, the pressure of the jaws, 
and the mixture with saliva which turns it into a 
pulpy, pliable form. 

In every formation currents pass through tubes 
or pores from ingress to egress. 

The first tube that this pulpy current of nourish¬ 
ment is able to flow through on its way to nutrition 
is the throat which leads from the back of the mouth 
to the oesophagus through which it is drawn to the 
stomach. 

The stomach is another Suction station that is 
subordinate to the center of suction of the body—the 
heart. 

The power of the earth’s suction aids to some 
extent the power of man’s suction in drawing the 
food downward to the stomach when man stands or 
sits upright. 

But to prove that man’s power of suction is 
greater than the earth’s power of suction, insofar as 
it relates to the interior of man, a human being can 
stand on its head and draw water upward to the 
stomach by the power of internal suction as against 
the opposite pull of the earth’s suction. 

That also goes to prove that there is no such thing 
as direction in the universe and that the movement of 


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all things is regulated by suction and pressure in 
their relation to Penetrability. 

Half way between two suction centers of equal 
power a mass formation will remain stationary in 
space containing lesser density. 

On its way to the stomach the food is also pushed 
along to some extent by the muscles of the throat 
and oesophagus. 

The trachea, a tube through which currents of air 
are drawn into the lungs situated just in front of 
the oesophagus, also has an opening into the throat, 
so in order to prevent food from being drawn into 
the lungs when man breathes an elastic lid—the 
epiglottis—moving back and forth with each gulp 
covers the entrance to the trachea where food 
passes, and leaves it open when man breathes. 

The stomach, an elastic like pouch just below the 
ribs and partly towards the left side of the body, 
has an outside covering composed principally of 
muscular fibers running in all directions which allow 
it to expand when food is drawn into it and contract 
when food is squeezed out of it. 

When too much food is put into this pouch it ex¬ 
pands to an abnormal size and a continuous over 
supply of food will stretch it to such proportions 
that it will require a constant over supply of food 
to satisfy the increased and abnormal Suction de¬ 
mand created by the extra size internal space so 
developed. 

This abnormal expansion of the stomach causes a 
corresponding pressure upon other internal parts of 


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the body which contracts and nullifies to some extent 
their power to act naturally. 

The extra food also puts a strain upon the system 
to eject it, and the surplus that cannot be ejected 
through the natural channels, either turns into use¬ 
less fat or else poisons the system with obnoxius 
gases which penetrate everywhere and pass out of 
the body as best they can in putrid odors. 

The inside lining of the stomach contains number¬ 
less minute glands from which are drawn the gastric 
juices that are mixed with the pulpy mass that 
chines from the mouth in currents through the 
throat and oesophagus. 

This mixture is churned about through the action 
of Suction and Pressure which causes expansion and 
contraction of the muscular fibers until a grey, slimy 
mass known as chyme has been formed. 

As the food is drawn and squeezed about in the 
stomach by alternating Suction and Pressure move¬ 
ments, the valve controlling the opening into the in¬ 
testines, opens and closes at intervals which allows 
the chyme to be drawn into the intestines. After 
three or four hours the stomach is then left empty. 

Meals should not be eaten oftener than six hours 
apart, for the stomach, when empty should be given 
a rest for an hour or two. 

After churning a mass of food for several hours 
the muscles of the stomach require time for relaxa¬ 
tion and recuperation. 

It is a beneficial practice to flush the stomach 
when empty with two or three glasses of warm 
water. 


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It is an injurious practice to put hot or cold food 
or drink into the stomach. Digestion is improved 
when food and drink are taken into the stomach at 
the same temperature as the heat of the body. 

From the stomach the chyme is drawn as a cur¬ 
rent into a long coiled tube which occupies most of 
the abdomen below the stomach and known as the 
intestines or bowels. 

The intestine which connects with the stomach is 
about twenty feet long and from one to two inches 
in diameter. It empties into another intestine about 
four feet long and two and one-half inches in 
diameter. 

When in the intestines the food undergoes another 
change by being mixed with bile and pancreatic 
fluids. 

The bile is drawn to the intestines in currents 
through tubes connecting with the liver which lies 
a little above and to the right of the stomach. When 
digestion is not taking place this bile is held in the 
gall bladder until needed. 

The pancreas is a long thin gland lying just below 
the stomach that furnishes the pancreatic fluid. 

Foods that have not been dissolved by the salivary 
and gastric juices are finally made liquid through 
mixture with the bile and pancreatic fluids. 

For instance, starch is dissolved and changed into 
sugar when mixed with saliva. If pieces of starchy 
foods untouched by saliva reach the stomach how¬ 
ever they are passed along to the intestines un¬ 
changed by the gastric juices, but are then ohanged 
to sugar by mixture with the pancreatic fluid. 


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The pancreatic fluid also dissolves any proteins 
that pass through the stomach in a solid state. 

Then again, the gastric juices of the stomach only 
dissolve the little sacs that hold fat, but do not 
dissolve the fat itself. The pancreatic fluid breaks 
fat up into numberless microscopic drops which 
mix with the other substances and give the whole 
conglomeration the appearance of thick milk. 

This last mixture is called chyle and its digested 
parts are what the blood absorbs for distribution 
among the different cells of the body. 

Food that is not digested cannot be drawn into 
the blood, so the lack of digestion means a lack of 
nourishment no matter how much food is eaten. 

Therefore it is important to keep the digestive 
organs in good order by giving to each the proper 
work to do. The stomach and intestines must not be 
expected to do the work of the teeth, nor should they 
be crowded with more food than the system needs. 
Neither should food be dumped into them, the ele¬ 
ments of which can in no way harmonize with the 
composition of the protoplasmic cells of the body. 

The long coiled intestine which holds the chyle is 
held together by the mesentery membrane which is 
wrapped about it in numerous folds. 

The inside of the mesentery membrane is lined 
with innumerable small projections called villi. 

Villi are covered with tiny cells that form the 
epithelium and contain on the inside a great many 
very small blood vessels, some of which bring blood 
to the intestines and some of which take the blood 
away again. 


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As the chyle passes along, the villi absorbs the di¬ 
gested food and rejects the undigested food which 
go to make up waste matter. 

After the digested food is drawn into the villus 
the dissolved sugars, proteins, salts and water are 
taken by the blood vessels in currents to the liver, 
man’s storehouse for food, while the fat is taken by 
the lymph vessels in currents and emptied into one 
of the large blood vessels in the neck. 

As the chyle is passed through the intestines the 
undigested food and excretions not needed are 
forced out of the body by internal pressure. 

Thus it is shown in this Chapter that the food of 
man is passed from ingress to egress through the 
main food currents along the line of the least re¬ 
sistance in conformity with the law of Penetrability 
in which solid substances were first made penetrable 
and then drawn by suction and pushed by pressure 
at various stages until reaching the terminal and the 
remains thereof were drawn again into space of 
lesser density—the air. 

In succeeding chapters I will show further how 
this law works in other currents of the body. 

In a healthy body food passed properly through 
the main channel should not contain sufficient odor 
to be noticeable by the olfactory organs a few feet 
away. 

It is essential for good health that this waste 
matter be evacuated at least once or twice each day. 

Unless there are points of egress for surplus sub¬ 
stances to pass through in any formation or suffi¬ 
cient pressure from without to withstand it, a body 
will explode from internal pressure. 


CHAPTER IX. 


HEART SUCTION AND BLOOD SWIRL. 

Every living formation has a center of suction 
which causes cohesion and order within itself. 

The center of Suction of the Solar System is the 
Sun which holds together those substances of which 
the Solar System is composed and draws within it 
from without whatever substances are needed to 
sustain it by internal pressure and operate the vari¬ 
ous internal currents of Penetrability. 

Ether is a substance of the Solar System and is 
moved in currents by suction and carries along with 
it such formations as the earth and other planets. 

When Lawsonomy is studied by man it will be 
learned that the earth is neither a solid ball nor 
a balloon-like shell as heretofore generally sup¬ 
posed. 

The earth is an organized living formation that 
is built up, maintained and finally disorganized by 
the same principle as every other formation in the 
universe. 

The earth has a center of suction that draws ex¬ 
ternal substances into itself and develops internal 
pressure to equalize external pressure. 

The Law of Penetrability prevails throughout the 
interior of the earth and currents of different density 


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are flowing everywhere within it, moved by suction 
and pressure, of varying proportions. 

Ingress is located at the north pole and egress 
at the south pole of the earth. 

The molecule, the atom, the electron and all lesser 
formations are drawn together, sustained and finally 
disintegrated according to the same principle—Suc¬ 
tion and Pressure in relation to Penetrability. Suc¬ 
tion causes a swirling movement towards its center 
and every living formation in the universe, be it 
Solar System, Earth, man or electron, contains an 
internal swirl. 

The heart is the center of Suction of man and the 
blood of man is kept in a swirl by the action of the 
heart. 

Man has been taught heretofore that blood circu¬ 
lation is caused by a pressure movement of the heart, 
but man has not been given the full facts of the case. 

The blood of the body cannot be pushed through 
the bodv until it has first been drawn to the heart 
by suction from all parts of the body. 

Neither can the heart push this blood back through 
the body again after it has been drawn to it by Suc¬ 
tion unless at the terminals of every current there 
is a Suction point to attract it. 

The heart would become stagnated instantly if it 
were not for the innumerable suction points scat¬ 
tered all over the system. 

There must be a suction point at the end of each 
blood current that permits the blood to be drawn into 
space of lesser density. 


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This space and suction is created by the action 
of the part moved which in turn draws the blood 
toward and into it. 

When movement is discontinued by any part of the 
body, action stops and no suction takes place so 
that no blood is drawn there and therefore growth 
and sustenance ends. 

That part of man which is moved the most will 
create the most suction and draw into it the largest 
quantity of blood. 

Drawing blood to a part by increased suction not 
only feeds the cells there but tends to increase their 
number that causes the growth of new tissue for 
cells will continue to extend themselves as long as 
space, suction and nourishment are provided. 

The little forms of life that populate the human 
cells will continue their activity as long as the body 
continues its activity if they are properly nourished. 

So there must be a demand for blood throughout 
the system and a combined pull from all directions 
or the heart could not push the blood along at all. 

The internal swirl of man goes on as long as the 
suction points are maintained and the heart is not 
injured by sudden or excessive strain. 

Those suction points cannot be maintained unless 
the body is balanced in harmony with Lawsonpoise. 

As action of the body decreases suction points 
recede causing shrinkage and loss of pull that re¬ 
quires less action by the heart and also a difference 
in blood pressure. 

The internal swirl of the blood of man makes up 
a marvelous system of currents running in all direc¬ 
tions through tubes of different proportions. 


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This system consists of two complete sets of tubes 
varying in size that run to and from the heart to all 
parts of the body. 

These tubes taper in size as they spread out fur¬ 
ther away from the heart. They remind one of a 
great river dividing into smaller rivers with different 
branches divided into streams and brooks. 

One set of tubes—the arteries—enclose the blood 
currents that move the food and oxygen to the cells 
that make up the entire system. The other set of 
tubes—the veins—enclose the currents of blood that 
carry the waste matter from the cells that is thrown 
out of the system by the operation of the lungs. 

These tubes also remind one of a city water sys¬ 
tem whereby pure water is drawn from a lake and 
is pumped into large central pipes which pass into 
smaller street pipes and into still smaller house 
pipes and finally the water is drawn out at a suction 
point into lesser density, air, through a faucet. That 
is the artery plan. 

Then after the water reaches the houses which 
can be compared to the cells of the human system and 
it is used for washing bodies, clothes, dishes and the 
floors and walls of the house, and its vitality has been 
used up, the waste matter is then carried through 
another set of pipes running from the bath tub 
and kitchen sink to a larger set of street pipes that 
empty into a still larger central pipe that finally 
empties the whole mass of water with its collections 
of civic impurities back into the lake again. That 
is the plan of the veins. 


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The blood contains about one-twelfth of the weight 
of the body and is watery substance called plasma. 
In the currents of this plasma are carried two kinds 
of corpuscles, one red and one white. 

In the blood of a healthy person there should be 
about 300 red corpuscles to one white corpuscle. 
There are as many as five million red corpuscles to 
each drop of blood. That is why the blood appears 
red in color. 

The red corpuscles are the oxygen carriers and 
when the blood passes through the lungs they take 
a supply of oxygen and carry it to some cell of the 
body that needs it. When completely loaded with 
oxygen these red corpuscles give the blood a rich 
scarlet hue. 

The white corpuscles which are transparent with a 
slight bluish shade have a very important work to 
perform. 

Although the red corpuscles are held to the blood 
currents the white corpuscles are able to penetrate 
the walls of the tubes and move about freely among 
the muscles and tissues drawing into themselves such 
substances or living particles as would cause dis¬ 
order unless eliminated from the system. 

The heart is a pear shaped organ stationed in the 
chest a little below the neck and mostly on the left 
side. 

The heart, with the lungs almost fill the thoracic 
cavity which is separated from the abdomen by a 
thin muscle partition called the diaphragm upon 
which the smaller and lower part of the heart rests. 

The heart is hollow with a wall dividing it length- 


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wise into two parts which in turn have a partition 
running crosswise making altogether four cavities 
within it. 

The two upper cavities of the heart are known as 
the auricles and the two lower cavities are the ven¬ 
tricles, There is a valve between the right auricle 
and the right ventricle and the left auricle and left 
ventricle but no opening whatever between the right 
and left sides of the heart. 

The purpose of the heart is first, to create a cen¬ 
ter of suction so that all substances of the body may 
be drawn together into a cohesive and organized 
mass; second, to create an internal pressure that 
will distribute substances throughout the body and 
maintain an equal internal pressure to offset external 
atmospheric pressure and third, to keep the blood 
in a constant and orderly swirl so that new living 
matter may be drawn in and distributed to all parts 
of the system, and waste matter carried out of the 
body through the different avenues of exit. 

The heart is an Automatic stabilizer of the in¬ 
ternal movement of man. This internal movement 
is maintained by a pumping action of suction and 
pressure which expand and contract the muscular 
walls of the heart. 

The blood is first drawn into the heart by Suction 
and then squeezed out of it again by Pressure. 

The blood is drawn into the heart and squeezed 
out again about seventy times every minute in the 
average adult although in children it moves at a 
faster rate. 


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The blood comes through the veins to the heart 
and passes from the heart through the arteries. 

As the heart expands, the blood filled with impuri¬ 
ties is drawn into the right auricle from the large 
veins running to the head and body which fill up both 
the right auricle and right ventricle and then as it 
contracts this impure blood is forced by Pressure 
into the Pulmonary artery through which it passes 
to the lungs to be purified. 

The revitalized blood is drawn back through the 
pulmonary veins to the left auricle and left ventricle 
from which it is forced through the large artery— 
the aorta—and into the smaller arteries and capillar¬ 
ies throughout the svstem. 

Pressure is greater on the left side of the heart 
than on the right side, because the left ventricle has 
to contract with sufficient power to send the pure 
blood to all parts of the body while the right ven¬ 
tricle has onlv to contract with enough force to send 
the impure blood to the lungs which are situated 

nearbv. So the walls of the left ventricle have 
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grown heavier and stronger through added exercise 
than those of the right ventricle. 

The heart is the most powerful instrument of the 
system and it could go on working indefinitely if all 
other functions were maintained in an orderly way. 

The heart works and rests alternately and never 
passes a minute without taking a rest after each 
movement. 

The heart takes about three-tenths of a second in 
movement and about four-tenths of a second at rest. 
So it takes more time for rest than it does for work. 


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Therefore if the heart rests four-tenths of a sec¬ 
ond after each beat and it beats seventy times during 
each minute the aggregate quantity of rest it takes 
would be approximately eleven hours a day. So in 
order to balance the body with the action of the heart 
the aggregate time taken each day for rest by the 
body should approximate eleven hours. The oftener 
the body is exercised and relaxed the better it will 
he for it. 

With each heat of the heart there is forced through 
the arteries a wave of blood and these waves make 
the pulse. 

The Pulse is most noticeable at the wrist where 
the artery passes very close to the surface of the 
skin. 

The heart beats faster when the body is exercised 
or when the mind is excited through joy or anger 
and slower through depression or sorrow or lack 
of Lawsonpoise. 

If the ear is placed over the heart two distinct 
sounds can he heard with every heat. These sounds 
vary with the condition of the system and a phys¬ 
ician knows when listening to the heart beats 
whether the heart is impaired or not. 

The aorta is the large artery of the system and 
connects with the left ventricle and leads to the 
main branches which go to the body and head. 

These branches or tubes are divided again and 
again into smaller branches or tubes and finally be¬ 
come so small that they cannot he seen by man with¬ 
out the use of a microscope. These minute tubes 


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are capillaries from which the cells draw their oxy¬ 
gen and nourishment from the blood. 

After the blood has discharged its cargo of life 
giving materials to the different cells and is re¬ 
loaded with waste matter it is then drawn hack to 
the heart again through the veins which act as the 
sewer pipes of the system. (Except one vein run¬ 
ning from the lungs to the heart.) 

The entire blood swirl then is maintained by the 
action of the heart caused by Suction and Pressure. 

With the Suction movement the impure blood is 
drawn into the right side and the purified blood is 
drawn into the left side of the heart. 

With the Pressure movement the impure blood is 
forced out of the right side and the purified blood 
is forced out of the left side of the heart. 

The center of mentality for the blood swirl is to 
a very large extent located in the heart although it 
acts under the super-direction of the brain. If, 
however, the heart is removed from the body en¬ 
tirely it can continue to work independent of the 
brain and beat until its supply of oxygen and nour¬ 
ishment becomes exhausted. 

There are, however, two mental channels passing 
from the brain to the heart over which constant 
communication between the brain and heart is car¬ 
ried on. 

The brain keeps the heart informed on what takes 
place throughout the entire system and instructs it 
when and where to send blood more quickly and in 
added quantities as needed by the muscles for ex¬ 
tra exertions. 


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Mental communication between internal parts of 
man do not attract the attention of his conscious¬ 
ness. 

Muscle fibers throughout the body are all con¬ 
nected with the brain or spinal chord by mental 
fibers and can be made to contract or expand and in 
this way the flow of blood can, to some extent be 
regulated. 

That part of the system which is most actively 
exercised creates the most suction and is the part 
that needs the most blood. 

The harder the brain is worked the more blood 
is needed to sustain it. If the stomach and intes¬ 
tines are filled with food, large quantities of blood 
must be sent there to aid in the work of digestion. 

A larger flow of blood is permitted to reach the 
stomach and intestines more quickly than usual 
through the relaxing of the small arteries through 
the action of the vaso-motor mental functions. 

It is a bad practice to do either physical or men¬ 
tal work immediately after eating a meal for if the 
blood is taken for physical or mental activity the 
stomach cannot obtain what it needs and proper 
digestion of food is impossible. 

The temperature of the blood of a normal person 
is about 98° F., and is not affected in the interior 
of the body no matter what the outside weather con¬ 
ditions register. 

If the body becomes too warm from exercise, the 
blood moves toward the skin to be cooled; and if 
the body lacks heat the blood vessels contract and 
the blood is drawn inwardly away from the skin. 


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In this way the mental organisms located in the skin 
are able to keep the mind informed of temperature 
changes. 

The more the body is exercised the greater num¬ 
ber of suction points are moved and the faster the 
blood is drawn through the system. 

The faster the blood moves the more oxygen is 
drawn into it through the lungs and the more fuel 
and oxygen are united which causes a greater sup¬ 
ply of heat to the body. 


The deeper you dig, the farther you go; the 
greater the effort, the stronger you grow. 


CHAPTER X. 


SUCTION AND PRESSURE OF THE LUNGS. 

Although the heart is the center of Suction and 
Pressure of the body it would he useless without the 
aid of the lungs. 

It requires power to move the muscles of the 
body and this power as well as internal heat is 
caused by uniting oxygen gas from the air breathed 
with the digested fuel foods that cause oxidation. 
The carbon dioxide or waste matter that ensues 
must then he thrown out of the system quickly or 
stagnation and death would result. 

Drawing oxygen into the blood and squeezing 
the carbon dioxide out of it is accomplished by the 
process of respiration, which is caused by Suction 
and Pressure. 

For the purpose of breathing, a passageway from 
the nostrils to the lungs lias been provided, through 
which currents of air are drawn to the lungs and 
currents of waste gases are forced hack into the air. 

Air can also pass through the mouth to the 
throat, trachea and lungs, but breathing through 
the mouth develops ailments that are injurious. 

If the mouth is utilized for breathing the nostrils 
are then denied their natural functions and in turn 
will become useless altogether. 


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Mouth breathing develops throat and lung ail¬ 
ments by allowing cold air and dust to pass directly 
into them. Whereas the air is warmed by the nose 
before it reaches the throat and its moistened walls, 
narrow windings, and hairs catch the dust and stop 
it from going any further. 

After the air passes the throat it enters the 
trachea which is held open by a number of carti- 
large rings at the upper end of which is situated 
the larnyx. 

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Inside of the larynx are the vocal cords which, 
when moved by internal pressure aid in the mani¬ 
festation of the subtle substance sound. 

Through the development and control of the vocal 
cords man is able to combine sounds and has cre¬ 
ated a language of many thousands of words with 
which he records thoughts and impressions for fol¬ 
lowing generations to be guided by. 

From the larynx the trachea goes in a straight 
course through the neck to the chest where it 
divides into two branches, one of which enters each 
lung. 

There are two lungs—one on each side of the 
chest. They are like a pair of elastic bags and 
become inflated when suction draws air into them 
and deflated when pressure squeezes it out. 

The tubes leading from the trachea into the lungs 
divide into small branches like the limbs of a tree 
and then again divide and subdivide until they 
reach the outermost twigs and finally empty into 
the minute suction points or what are known as air 
chambers. 


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The combined power from simultaneous action 
of countless minute suction points draws into and 
expands the lungs with air. The combined power 
caused by a simultaneous squeezing movement of 
the pressure points causes the lungs to contract 
again and throw out whatever waste gases they 
have drawn from the blood. 

The pulmonary artery which encases the blood 
current that flows from the right ventricle of the 
heart to the lungs is divided and subdivided into 
smaller tubes that lead to the minute capillaries 
which form a net around the air chambers. 

The walls between the capillaries and air cham¬ 
bers are composed of such substances and in such 
a way that gases only can penetrate them. 

When the right ventricle of the heart contracts 
and forces the impure blood through the pulmonary 
artery and into the capillaries surrounding the air 
chambers, and the carbon dioxide gases that are 
brought from the cells of the entire svstem bv the 
corpuscles are passed into the air chambers they 
are then squeezed out of the lungs by pressure in 
currents running through the trachea, throat and 
nostrils. 

Then, when the left auricle of the heart expands, 
suction draws the blood back to the heart again and 
the corpuscles which have exchanged their cargoes 
of impure gases for pure oxygen are forced by 
pressure through the left ventricle to all parts of 
the body. 

It is a simple principle—Suction and Pressure, 
causing expansion and contraction. There are only 


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two movements—draw in and squeeze out; still 
there could be no life in the universe without it. 

It is when man loses the power to draw within in 
equal ratio to that which is squeezed out of him 
that decomposition takes place and little by little he 
gradually caves in and is squeezed to death by ex¬ 
ternal pressure. 

If however, man would retain a power of suction 
equal to that of pressure and remain in harmony 
with LAWSONPOISE he could go on living indef¬ 
initely. 

The lungs are encased in the chest and are closed 
in front and back, at the sides and on top of the ribs, 
backbone, muscles and skin and at the bottom by the 
diaphragm. There is no opening except through 
the trachea. 

With each inhalation of air the muscles of the 
diaphragm shorten, pulling it downward thus en¬ 
larging the space in the chest to make room for the 
inflated lungs. This space is further enlarged by 
the movement of the ribs upward and outward by 
the muscles which surround them. 

With the exhalation of air the muscles relax and 
fall into their first position while the diaphragm 
also relaxes and is pushed upward into its former 
position by the abdominal organs which have been 
compressed by the inhalation movement. 

The lungs of the average adult hold approxi¬ 
mately 350 cubic inches of air and when the body 
is at rest changes about 30 cubic inches of air with 
each breath. 


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This shows that only a small portion of air in the 
lungs is changed when the body is relaxed and only 
about one-sixth of a man’s lung capacity is used. 

In order therefore, to keep the lungs in good con¬ 
dition a larger portion of their capacity must be 
used each day. This can only be accomplished by 
vigorous* exercise of the entire body which causes 
a rapid suction and pressure movement that causes 
the air to flow in and out of the lungs more rapidly 
and in greater quantities and gives to each little 
air chamber a full supply of oxygen and at the same 
time casts out all lurking carbon dioxide that poi¬ 
sons the system. 

Frequent deep breathing movements therefore, 
are necessary for the preservation and power of the 
lungs. 

But this deep breathing must be forced upon the 
lungs by the muscles of the whole system and not 
by merely deep breathing exercises. 

Deep breathing that is not forced by muscular 
movement of the whole body may have a beneficial 
effect occasionally but if the muscles of the chest 
should be relied upon altogether for this purpose 
other muscles of the body would be thrown into dis¬ 
use and become weakened. 

The length of man’s life depends upon the weak¬ 
est organ. Longevity demands that all organs are 
kept strong. 

The healthiest pair of lungs would be useless if 
the heart failed to work. The strongest heart would 
fail if the trachea would not function. 


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Running, is one of the very best exercises to make 
all muscles of the body work and cause deep 
breathing. A man is very old who has lost the 
power to run. 

When man runs it forces the muscles of his feet, 
legs, hips, abdomen, back, shoulders, neck, head, 
arms and hands in general action that makes nec¬ 
essary combined power that requires the burning 
up of much internal fuel. 

The consumption of additional fuel means the 
demand for additional oxygen. So in order to sup 
ply it quickly the heart is called upon to draw in and 
squeeze out more quickly the blood that carries the 
oxygen to the muscle cells in order to oxidize the 
digested food. 

As the blood flows faster through the arteries 
with more oxygen and back through the veins with 
the waste gases it forces the lungs to increased ac¬ 
tion to supply the oxygen needed and for that rea¬ 
son the lungs expand and contract more rapidly 
causing deep breathing in the natural way. 

The center of Suction or pull in man is located 
about the center of weight and near the center of 
gravity. 

The earth’s suction or pull tends to draw the 
weight of man downward and this pull must be off¬ 
set by the pull of man’s suction in the opposite 
direction in order that he can stand up straight, 
balance himself and move about. 

This balance cannot be maintained if the dia¬ 
phragm is allowed to sag downward towards the 


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abdomen through the pull of the earth’s suction 
and the push of weight above it. 

This tendency can be checked in a large measure 
by man constantly drawing the muscles of the chest 
upward by exercise and deep breathing practices. 

The diaphragm must be kept firmly in place and 
the circumference of man’s waist line kept at its 
minimum proportions by internal Suction and Pres¬ 
sure movements of the lungs and proper food drawn 
into the stomach. 

As the diaphragm loses its strength and sags 
below its normal line of balance, through lack of 
exercise by internal suction and pressure the top 
part of the body of man begins to droop or stoop 
and is gradually drawn downward toward the cen¬ 
ter of the earth’s suction until finally he can no 
longer stand upright and he passes away. 

This same principle applies to the life of a tree 
or other plant. When the suction power of a tree 
or other plant cannot pull upward to equalize the 
downward pull of the earth’s suction it droops to¬ 
ward the center of the earth. 


Nature has no secrets. If man will look far 
enough he can see and know everything. 


CHAPTER XI. 


BONES AND MUSCLES. 

The shape of man and his ability to move about 
depends upon his bones and muscles. 

In fact it is to keep the bones and muscles in good 
order and serviceable condition that the stomach, 
heart and lungs are largely needed for. 

Without a frame of bones for support man could 
not stand erect. Without bones he would have to 
lay flat upon the surface of the earth and wriggle 
about. Without muscles he could not even wriggle. 

The frame or skeleton of man consists of two hun¬ 
dred bones of various sizes and shapes. This skele¬ 
ton is principally supported by a backbone which is 
made up of a number of small bones called verte¬ 
brae. 

The skull set at the top of the backbone is one of 
the most important parts of the body as it encases 
the brain and organs of the senses. 

The heart and lungs are protected by the ribs 
which surround them from the backbone to the 
breastbone or sternum. 

The bones of the arms and legs are the longest 
and strongest of the body and must bear the heaviest 
strains. 


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All of the bones of man although of different sizes 
and shapes are constructed so as to permit the mini- 
mum weight for the maximum strength. 

The bones of the arms and legs are of a light 
spongy nature at the ends and hollow throughout 
their length. 

Bones are composed of two distinct kinds of ma¬ 
terials—organic and mineral—which combination 
forms a structure that is strong and hard. 

Organic matter furnishes substances that give to 
the bones life, strength, and cohesiveness, and min¬ 
eral matter furnishes substances that contribute 
hardness and soliditv. 

If a bone is burned with tire the excessive heat 
dissolves the organic structure and the substances 
pass away in gases and the mineral matter remains 
as ashes. So when a man is cremated all that is left 
of him are his mineral remains. 

The bones of a child at birth, contain no mineral 
matter at all and are soft and pliable. As the child 
grows, mineral matter is gradually absorbed until 
the bones become stiff and hard. 

As the bones of a child are more flexible than 
those of the adult, great care should be taken in the 
development of them, that they will be afforded 
every chance to grow large, strong and shapely. 
This can be accomplished by the regulation of exer¬ 
cise, nourishment and rest. 

Clothing has a tendency to compress the bones 
and more especially tight shoes, heavy hats, belts 
and garters. Bone and muscle need room for ex- 


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pansion and the less tight fitting clothing worn the 
better. 

There are parts of the body that need a substance 
more flexible than bone and tougher than muscle 
and this substance is called cartilage. 

Between each vertebra of the backbone are cush¬ 
ions of cartilage which allow the backbone to stretch 
and twist and also absorb the shock that the body 
would get if the bones touched each other, espe¬ 
cially the jars from jumping or running. 

The ribs are united to the breastbone by small 
pieces of cartilage and the outer ear is composed of 
cartilage covered with skin. There are also pieces 
of cartilage around the larynx. 

But with all of the bones, muscles and cartilage of 
the body still man could not move himself about if it 
were not for the joints. An accident to the joints 
causes stiffness or lameness. 

There are two kinds of joints—the ball-and-socket 
joint and the hinge joint. A hinge joint permits 
back and forth movement only—the ball-and-socket 
joint allows movement in all directions. At the el¬ 
bows is found a hinge joint and at the shoulders a 
ball-and-socket joint. 

The ends of the bones forming the hinge joint 
are large, rounded and smooth and are covered with 
a layer of soft cartilage and adjusted to allow easy 
movement. 

The bones of the joints are surrounded by a thin 
membrane which produces a liquid that moistens 
the ends of the bone and this prevents friction. 


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The ends of the bones are fastened together by 
ligaments and muscles to keep them in position and 
afford movement to them. 

From the ends of the muscles the tendons pass 
down over the joints and are attached to the bones 
below. 

Covering the hones, muscles, tendons and liga¬ 
ments is the skin which forms a wall of protection 
for them all against outside influences. 

At the shoulder, the upper end of the arm bone is 
rounded like a ball and fits into a hollow cavity in 
the shoulder blade. While this is bound together 
similar to the elbow, a loose leathery sack is also 
fastened to the shoulder blade and passing over the 
joint at all sides is attached to the upper end of the 
arm bone, making a complete covering for the joint. 

A bone pulled out of place in its socket is a dis¬ 
location; a strain in one or more of the ligaments 
is a sprain. 

When dislocation happens a physician should be 
called at once to attend to it. But in case of a 
sprain the parts can be moved about in hot and 
cold water alternately between resting spells until 
the ligaments have regained their normal elas¬ 
ticity. 

The currents of heat from the hot water penetrate 
the tissues causing a suction movement and the 
frigid currents from the cold water causes a pres¬ 
sure movement that readjusts the substances of the 
tissue until a normal condition prevails. 

Unless movement is kept up, strained ligaments 
become stiff and it takes longer for them to regain 
their elasticity than if exercised. 


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The power to move the body or parts thereof come 
through the muscles. The joints, ligaments and ten¬ 
dons by themselves can produce no movement. 

The lean meat of man consists of muscles which 
are attached to his bones by cords or tendons. These 
tendons are of various lengths and a number of 
them at the ankle run from the leg to the toes, or 
at the wrist from the arm to the fingers. 

The power of the grip from a handshake comes 
principally through the muscles of the arm, although 
the tendons, ligaments and bones must be equal to 
the strain put upon them through the contraction of 
the muscles. 

Muscles are made up of innumerable microscopic 
fibers, running lengthwise and fastened to each 
other by minute connecting bands. 

Countless blood capillaries circulate among these 
muscle fibers supplying nourishment and fuel that 
creates the Power to move them. 

The proteins of digested food carried by the blood 
help to make new muscle tissue to replace that which 
is constantly being worn out and the sugars and 
fat and some protein furnish the fuel for power. 

Connected with each muscle fiber are numerous 
points of suction and there are also numerous mi¬ 
nute power plants in which the digested fuel foods 
are mixed with the oxygen brought from the lungs 
by the red corpuscles causing explosions, numbers 
of which acting simultaneously create sufficient in¬ 
ternal pressure to move the muscles. 

The heat generated from these explosions goes to 

warm the body. 


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The action of these power plants are governed by 
local mental organisms which in turn are directed 
by the forces that govern the brain. 

There are a number of muscles of the body over 
which there is no direct conscious control, such as 
those which make up the walls of the intestines and 
stomach that churn and propel the food, or those 
which expand or contract the arteries that regulate 
the flow of blood. These are called involuntary mus¬ 
cles. They are somewhat different from the volun¬ 
tary muscles in shape, being flat masses of micro¬ 
scopic fibers bound together, and they are also more 
sluggish in their movements. 

It is the contraction of a muscle that moves the 
different parts of the body and by concerted efforts 
moves the whole body from place to place. 

Each muscle is opposed by a counteracting mus¬ 
cle which pulls the parts moved back into place 
again after each exertion. When one muscle con¬ 
tracts, the other one is lengthened. 

The muscles of the body would not be able to 
move at all if it were not for the mental organisms 
which connect with the brain through mental fibers 
and which also connect with the power plants of the 
muscle fibers. 

From the brain are sent Orders to the mental or¬ 
ganisms through the mental fibers as to what mus¬ 
cles are to be moved and instantly numberless men¬ 
tal organisms cause the explosions that take place 
in the muscle fiber plants that move the muscles. 

The brain is the director of all physical action 
both voluntary and involuntary, and the control it 
exercises over the muscles is remarkable. 


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By the direction of the brain the muscles can be 
made to act either singly or collectively, and when 
a man runs, a hundred or more muscles must work 
together in unison. 

There are more than two hundred muscles of dif¬ 
ferent shapes and sizes in the body. The largest 
number of these muscles are fastened to at least two 
bones, and allow movements in any direction that 
the joints will permit. 

The strength of muscles depend upon the way 
thev are exercised. The more thev are used the 
stronger they become. 

It is not good for the system, however, to over¬ 
develop one set of muscles and neglect others. The 
body will be much stronger as a whole if all mus¬ 
cles are given moderate exercise. 

In fact, the muscles should never be developed 
beyond that strength which can be maintained 
throughout the entire life of man, for it is the disuse 
of portions of the body once developed that starts 
decomposition that finally ends in death. 

When muscles are not used they become weaker 
and smaller and in time lose all of their strength. 

It is the life of man to keep all muscles exercised 
to a healthy condition and the death of him to neg¬ 
lect doing so. 


The faculties of reason are weakened 
by the denial of evident facts. 


CHAPTER XII. 


KIDNEYS AND SKIN. 

A mature body must be able to get rid of the 
same quantity of matter it absorbs. 

The purpose of food is to replace the constantly 
wearing out materials of the body as well as to 
furnish fuel for heat and power. Therefore, effi¬ 
cient methods for expurging waste matter are just as 
essential as efficient methods for feeding the body. 

A large proportion of the food eaten is not taken 
into the blood at all, but is passed out at the vent 
after leaving the intestines. 

After the fuel foods have been carried by the 
blood to the muscles and are oxidized, more waste 
matter is produced in carbon dioxide, water and 
other substances. The carbon dioxide and some 
water is taken by the blood and breathed out of the 
lungs. A large quantity of water is eliminated by 
the kidneys and skin. 

Another waste product called urea is absorbed 
from the blood by the kidneys and passes out of the 
body in the urine. 

There are two kinds of materials produced in the 
body which are known as secretions and excretions. 

Excretions, such as urea and carbon dioxide are 
waste products. Secretions, such as saliva, gastric 


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juices, and pancreatic fluid that come from the 
glands are useful products. 

Urea is eliminated from the body by the kidneys 
—a pair of organs situated in the back of the abdo¬ 
men close to the backbone and behind and below the 
stomach. Each kidney of an adult is about four 
inches long and one and a half inches wide. 

The blood is carried to each kidney by a large 
artery current and taken away again by a large 
vein current. A tube known as the ureter encloses 
a current that carries the material removed from 
the blood by the kidneys to the bladder. 

The kidneys are composed of innumerable blood 
vessels and a series of small tubes known as tab- 
ules. 

The tabules take from the blood the urea and 
other materials and a large quantity of water which 
passes through the ureters into the bladder and out 
of the body. 

The skin acts as a covering for the entire body as 
well as a means for regulating heat and eliminating 
waste matter. 

The skin has two layers. The outside layer being 
the epidermis and the inside layer the dermis. The 
epidermis contains neither blood vessels nor mental 
fibers and therefore has no feeling. The dermis 
contains innumerable mental fibers and blood ves¬ 
sels and is very sensitive, especially to cold and 
heat. The epidermis which is constantly being worn 
away is given its growth by the dermis from the 
inside. Constant rubbing will cause the epidermis 
to grow thick as in the case of the soles of the feet. 


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Hair, which covers a large part of the skin, passes 
through it from a little pocket or follicle. The hair 
grows from the papilla which is situated at the bot¬ 
tom of the pocket. Thus growing at the root the 
hair is continually being pushed out of the pocket 
and through the skin, to the air which is of lesser 
density than the body. Opening from the sides into 
the follicles are minute glands which furnish the 
hair with oil to keep it soft and flexible. 

In the beginning, man was covered with great 
quantities of hair as a protection against inclement 
weather and insects, but little by little, he gradually 
disposed of it in exchange for artificial covering un¬ 
til now he has very little use for hair except as pro¬ 
tection to the eyes, ears and nostrils against flying 
particles. 

Nature abhors uselessness, and hair being no 
longer needed by man it is quite likely that a few 
more intellectual strides forward and the few re¬ 
maining hairs upon the head and body of man will 
pass away entirely. 

With the development of the brain, hair has a 
tendency to leave the forehead naked, but hair will 
fall out of the entire head if it is constantly covered 
up so that air can not get to the roots of it, or from 
various diseases. 

Hair and mentality cannot live together. As the 
system increases the number of its mental organ¬ 
isms to all parts of the body the sensitiveness of 
feeling is increased near the surface of the skin. 
As hair has no mental fibers or mental organisms 
it has no sense of feeling and the body composed of 


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great mentality desirous of obtaining the slightest 
impression through feeling caused by pressure 
eliminates hair as an interference wherever it is not 
needed as a protection. 

Hair cannot grow at the tips of the fingers, for 
instance, because these tips have developed an ex¬ 
traordinary sense of feeling and can detect the least 
pressure. Constant usage for feeling purposes has 
brought to those points an extraordinary large num¬ 
ber of mental organisms whose work is to report 
instantly to the brain the different pressures put 
upon them. 

The hair and scalp should be washed with soap 
and warm water once or twice a week to keep them 
clean, but care should be taken to thoroughly rinse 
the soap away so that its injurious ingredients can¬ 
not destroy the roots of the hair or dry up the oil 
glands that preserve the hair. 

The scalp should be exercised each day, morning 
and evening, by a brisk rub with the fingers. A lit¬ 
tle warm water rubbed into the scalp occasionally 
followed by a cold water rub will act as a tonic for 
the scalp. The head should then be thoroughly 
dried and left uncovered as long as possible. Two 
things must be remembered,—the scalp needs some 
exercise, and it needs plenty of air—particularly 
air. 

The finger nails and toe nails are outgrowths of 
the epidermis although developed differently. 
These nails are grown as a protection to the fingers 
and toes and aid the fingers in picking up things. 
The nail grows from the root outward and unless 


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the root is destroyed will continue to grow as long 
as there is life in the body. The nails should he 
kept clean and they should be trimmed at the ends 
with scissors, knife or file. The skin around the 
base of the nails should be pushed back occasionally 
with a smooth, blunt stick or instrument, but not 
cut. 

It is important to keep the skin in the best condi¬ 
tion all of the time for a healthy skin wards off all 
sorts of diseases. 

The epidermis is a great protection to the flesh 
beneath by keeping out poisonous substances or rav¬ 
aging bacteria, which, if allowed to get into the 
flesh, causes various kinds of skin diseases, sores 
and blood poisoning. A little cut, scratch, or tear in 
the epidermis will open the gates to the blood ves¬ 
sels through which millions of bacteria can enter. 
Therefore, care must be taken to wash and sterilize 
each cut or scratch immediately, no matter how 
trivial it might appear. The prick of a rusty pin 
can let into the blood enough poison to cause the loss 
of an arm or leg unless properly attended to at once. 

The skin contains about two and one-half millions 
of sweat glands. On a warm day, or after taking 
vigorous exercise these glands throw out of the skin 
from all parts of the body small drops of water, or 
sweat. 

A sweat gland is a microscopic tube passing 
through the epidermis which discharges the sweat 
through a minute hole, or pore, to the surface of the 
skin. Unless excessively warm the sweat evapo¬ 
rates as soon as it passes from the pores and a con- 


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tinuous stream of vapor passes from the body into 
the clothing or coagulates on the surface of the skin. 
Thus the body should be bathed frequently in order 
to carry away entirely from its surface these waste 
products. 

During the winter months a warm bath at night 
before bed time for cleaning purposes, and a cold 
bath in the morning upon arising as a tonic, will 
keep the skin clean and in good condition. During 
the hot summer months, however, three or four 
baths a day are not only necessary to keep the body 
clean, but will, through their refreshing qualities 
enable one to do a larger day’s work than could 
otherwise have been done. Underwear should be 
changed and washed after each sweat. 

At least one good sweat should be taken each day 
and this sweat should be brought out by brisk exer¬ 
cise that will bring every muscle and pore of the 
body into action. A Turkish bath may do for an 
occasional cleaning up of the body, but it cannot 
be compared to the natural sweating process 
brought on by the free exercise of every part of the 
body. Lack of sweating is responsible to a large 
extent for the organs of the body not functioning 
accurately. 

Care must be taken not to cool off too suddenly 
during a sweat, or colds and various throat and lung 
troubles may result. A warm bath should be taken 
immediately after the sweat followed quickly by a 
cold water plunge, or shower. 

The heat generated within man is constantly be¬ 
ing thrown out into the air through the pores of the 


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skin and his blood is cooled by flowing near the 
surface of the body. 

When there is too much heat in the body the blood 
vessels in the skin expand causing the blood to flow 
faster, which cools more of it. When there is not 
enough heat in the body the blood vessels of the 
skin contract and the blood is kept away from the 
surface and retains its heat by not throwing it out 
into the air. 

The brain regulates the increase or decrease of 
the heat that passes out through the skin. In this 
way the temperature of the body is controlled. The 
sensations of heat and cold, except in the digestive 
canal, and the lining of the mouth, come through the 
mental organisms that are located in the skin. 
When the blood is close to the skin it warms these 
mental organisms and the heat is felt and when the 
blood is farther away from the skin these mental 
organisms are cooled by the outside air and the cold 
is felt and communicated to the brain through the 
mental fibers. 

The temperature of a body in perfect physical 
condition should be about 98° F., summer and winter 
alike. When the temperature falls below or rises 
above this point it registers imperfect health. 

As the body produces more heat than is needed 
the surplus must be eliminated in order to keep the 
right temperature. Besides the skin, the lungs also 
aid in regulating it and much of the extra heat is 
passed out of the lungs by the breath. The blood 
is also cooled as it passes through the lungs by the 
inhalation of the cooler air. 


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In warm weather, the more the body sweats the 
cooler it becomes, for, as the water reaches the sur¬ 
face of the skin it cools off to some extent and then 
requires the heat of the body to evaporate it, which 
causes a corresponding loss of heat to the blood and 
cools it thereby. 

If the skin were exposed to the cold air more it 
would gradually become less sensitive and would 
not require so much covering in cold weather to keep 
it warm and the body thereby would become less 
susceptible to colds and a better tone to the entire 
system would be the result. 

The habit therefore of wearing heavy clothing 
should not be encouraged and especially is it in¬ 
jurious to wear furs or mufflers of any sort around 
the neck no matter how cold the weather might be. 

The skin needs air and exercise the same as all 
other parts of the body and it should be frequently 
bathed with air as well as with water. If the body 
is completely covered with fur, or rubber garments, 
there is no chance for the air to reach the skin at 
all, or for the surplus heat of the body to pass 
from the skin to the air. Therefore clothing should 
be worn that contains air spaces to allow a continual 
exchange of heat and air through the pores of the 
skin. 

Clothing does not warm the body, it merely holds 
the heat from the body close to the skin and there¬ 
fore thinner clothing woven with larger air spaces, 
is more necessary during the summer than during 
the winter months. 


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The habit of giving the skin absolute freedom of 
movement for a few hours each day should be cul¬ 
tivated by disrobing entirely from head to foot and 
exercising an hour before retiring at night and an 
hour after arising in the morning. If an hour is 
also given to this practice during the middle of the 
day one will find that increased efficiency of the 
body w T ill result and that more work will be accom¬ 
plished with less fatigue than if one goes through¬ 
out the entire day without giving the skin a chance 
to breathe. 

During such periods a cold shower or plunge and 
a brisk rub from head to foot with hard towels will 
give the skin the exercise it requires. 

The body should always be covered with a spread 
of one thickness or another when in a lying position 
during sleeping hours and the feet should have a lit¬ 
tle heavier covering than the rest of the body as 
they are the farthest away from the blood pumping 
heart and get the least warmth from the heat of 
the blood when in action. 

On the other hand the head must be kept cool as 
it is situated near the heart and the brain receives 
a constant stream of fresh warm blood and it is en¬ 
cased by a bony skull which does not allow the heat 
to penetrate as rapidly as it flows through the skin. 

In order to keep the head cool, hats, which are 
but an adornment, should be worn as little as pos¬ 
sible. Without a hat holding excessive heat close to 
the head the scalp will get a chance to absorb air 
which will allow it to grow whatever quantity of 
hair nature considers useful to the head. 


One cannot be a slave of a destructive 
habit and be master of his own mind . 


CHAPTER XIII. 


THE MENTAL SYSTEM. 

There are three main factors that are funda¬ 
mental in the life of man. They are, density, move¬ 
ment and consciousness. 

Density is made up of varying substances; move¬ 
ment is caused by Penetrability of substances; and 
consciousness is the effect of organized substances. 

According to Lawsonomy mentality is a substance 
of superlative penetrating qualities. Mentality is 
of lesser density than light, ether, or electricity 
and is more subtle and of greater speed of move¬ 
ment than any of them. 

All matter contains mentality in greater or lessor 
quantities and it is moved by Suction and Pressure 
in their relation to Penetrability. 

Mentality is squeezed out of matter by Pressure 
and drawn into matter by Suction. 

Like all other substances, mentalitv moves in cur- 
rents that are started at pressure points and termi¬ 
nated at suction points. 

The mental system of man is a great organization 
consisting of billions of living mental organisms 
that are connected together and held in systematic 
order by the power of the internal suction of the 
body. Each one of these mental organisms also has 


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a center of suction and pressure with power to both 
receive and send impressions. 

The center of suction and pressure of the com¬ 
bined forces of mental activity of the body is the 
mind. 

This center of suction of the mental system draws 
into itself the impressions registered by all of the 
mental organisms and the effect of these combined 
impressions causes consciousness. 

The greater number of varying impressions pass¬ 
ing through the mental system the greater is the 
scope of the mind. 

As intelligence is received through impressions 
from all parts of the system the mind digests and 
utilizes this intelligence for the preservation and de¬ 
velopment of the body as a whole. 

Thinking is caused by Suction and Pressure. It 
is Pressure that starts impressions and Suction that 
draws them to the center of consciousness. 

At the terminal of everv mental fiber there is a 

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suction and pressure point which connects with va¬ 
rious mental stations and the brain. 

Pressure exerted upon any one of these terminals 
is transmitted to the relay stations and thence to the 
brain. Pressure put upon a large number of these 
terminals is simultaneously transmitted to the relay 
stations and brain which registers combined pres¬ 
sure. 

Pressure exerted upon these mental terminals 
causes waves of mentality to pass through the men¬ 
tal fibers and through the nature of these waves, the 


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nature of the impression is made known to con¬ 
sciousness. 

The mental system, with its billions of living or¬ 
ganisms scattered all over the human body, is like 
a mammoth army of men scattered all over the 
world and working together as a united force who 
furnish information to a central director and then 
take orders from him as to what their movements 
will be. 

Any organization, no matter what its nature may 
be, to work efficiently must be directed bv a central 
power—a general director—with supreme authority 
to give orders and the force with which to back 
them up. 

The general director of the human system is the 
mind which issues orders to all parts of the body 
through the instrumentality of the brain, spinal 
cord, mental fibers, mental organisms and currents 
of mentality. 

It must be understood that the brain, spinal cord, 
mental fibers and mental organisms of man are 
physical instruments built up within his body from 
substances drawn into it, but that mentality is a sub¬ 
stance drawn directly into the mental system by its 
own power of Suction. 

A thought is a tangible expression brought into 
form through a combination of mental impressions. 
A thought can be transmitted to another mind di¬ 
rectly, by force of Pressure and Suction, or it can 
be transposed through a combination of sounds and 
then recorded by means of letters made up into 
words and sentences. 


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With increased action on the part of the mental 
instruments, increased power of suction takes place 
which develops greater capacity for mental impres¬ 
sions and thoughts. 

Intellectual development in man is caused by the 
growth of superior physical instruments which con¬ 
sume large quantities of mentality. 

The mind is that part of man which becomes con¬ 
scious of what happens through intelligence received 
from an organized force of mental organisms and 
then directs the movements of the body by means of 
this organized force. 

The center of mental activity lies in the brain 
which is a mass of mental tissue that almost fills the 
cavity inside the skull. 

The brain is divided into three parts—cerebrum, 
cerebellum, and medula oblongata. Each of these 
parts have separate and distinct governing func¬ 
tions. 

The weight of the brain in the adult will average 
about three pounds. It increases in weight and size 
by increased thinking and it is built up and obtains 
its fuel for power from substances brought to it by 
the blood. 

The brain is composed of two kinds of materials 
—white matter consisting principally of mental 
fibers and gray matter composed largely of mental 
organisms. 

Orders are issued by the gray matter and are con¬ 
veyed through the white matter by means of mental 
currents to the different parts of the body. 


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The cerebrum, in which the mind is located, is in 
the topmost and largest part of the brain. It is 
covered with deep furrows and convolutions and is 
divided into two parts by a groove extending from 
front to rear. 

The right half of the cerebrum controls the left 
side of the body and the left half of the cerebrum 
controls the right side of the body. 

The cerebellum, in which the muscle control is 
centered lies at the back of the head beneath the 
cerebrum. It is partly flattened and contains nu¬ 
merous furrows. 

The medula oblongata is situated between the 
main brain and spinal cord. It is about one and a 
quarter inches in length and controls the heart ac¬ 
tion, breathing, swallowing and the expansion and 
contraction of the blood vessels of the vaso-motor 
system. 

The medula oblongata is a very delicate, as well 
as a ver}^ important part of the mental system and 
it is protected by thick bones at the base of the skull. 
The prick of a pin upon a certain part of the medula 
oblongata is enough to cause the death of man. 

Connecting with the medula, oblongata and run¬ 
ning downward inside of the spinal column is a cir¬ 
cular cord about a half inch in diameter. This is 
the spinal cord and it terminates at the lower end 
of the back bone. 

The spinal cord is protected on all sides by the 
vertebrae of the spine and is also covered with soft 
membranes. This spinal cord, like the brain, is di¬ 
vided into halves by a groove running up and down 


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both sides of it. There are thirty-one mental chan¬ 
nels running off each half of the spinal cord. 

The composition of the spinal cord is of the same 
white and gray matter that the brain is composed 
of. The gray matter containing the mental organ¬ 
isms is located in the center and on the outside is 
the white matter made up of mental fibers. 

There are two mental channels—sensory and mo- 
tory. The sensory channel carries from all parts of 
the body to the mental centers and brain the impres¬ 
sions felt by the skin, tongue, nostrils, eyes and ears 
and the motory channel conveys the orders issued 
from the brain through the mental centers to the 
different muscles of the body directing their move¬ 
ments. One channel is used by the brain for re¬ 
ceiving messages, and the other channel is used by 
the brain for sending messages. 

Each channel from the spinal cord starts in the 
gray matter in the center of the cord and passes be¬ 
tween the vertebrae and outward to the different 
parts of the body connected to the brain. Each of 
these channels come from the cord in two branches 
known as roots. 

The anterior root conveys orders from the brain 
to the muscles and the posterior root carries the 
impressions from the skin and other organs to the 
spinal cord and brain. 

When the two branches combine they form a 
mental trunk which is made up of innumerable 
mental fibers into a bundle by which means, every 
mental organism in every muscle or every part of 
the skin receives from, and sends to the brain mes- 


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sages. Mental currents passing through mehtal 
fibers carry these messages to and from the mental 
organisms which send and receive them. 

These mental organisms are most numerous in the 
brain and spinal cord where orders are sent out 
to the different organs. A brain contains over nine 
billions of these mental organisms. 

The conscious mind is the center of feeling and in 
order to protect all parts of the physical body from 
danger as well as to receive outside impressions and 
direct the movements of the body, lines of communi¬ 
cations have been established through mental fibers 
to mental organisms in all parts of the body. If one 
of these lines of communication between the brain 
and any part of the body is severed that part no 
longer has the power to move, because it can no 
longer be directed by the mind to do so. 

If, for instance, the mental channel which connects 
the foot with the spinal cord and thence to the brain 
is cut in two in the upper part of the leg, the foot 
not only has no power to move, but it can be slashed 
to pieces or burned away entirely without the least 
feeling of pain to either the foot or the mind because 
the line of communication which carries the impres¬ 
sions to the brain is no longer connecting the foot 
with the brain and therefore the mind is not con¬ 
scious of external influences upon the foot. That is 
proof that the flesh of man has no feeling whatso¬ 
ever and that it is consciousness alone that feels 
all pain, sorrow or gladness. 

On the other hand, however, there can be no con¬ 
sciousness of man without the physical organization 


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to establish and uphold it as there could he no means 
of harnessing mentality without the instruments 
which utilize it. 

When the mind wants a set of muscles to move it 
exerts pressure and sends a wave message to a sub¬ 
ordinate mental director located in the cerebellum. 
This subordinate director exerts pressure to send 
wave messages to the medula oblongata to notify the 
heart and lung directors that the muscles of a cer¬ 
tain part of the body are to be put into action, so 
that the fuel and oxygen may be moved simultane¬ 
ously to the points where the power is needed. Mes¬ 
sages are also sent to various departments located 
in the spinal cord and mental fibers. 

In this way the mind has notified every mental 
function of the body that will have anything to do 
with the movement what is about to be done, and 
they all work in conjunction with one another. 

From one to another of the different functions the 
message is sent by wave pressure until it is received 
by the mental organisms at the end of the mental 
fibers, which is all accomplished according to man’s 
consciousness, instantly. 

At the ends of the mental fibers these organisms 
then superintend the mixture of the fuel substances 
which are brought to the muscle fibers by the blood 
through the capillaries and at the pre-arranged mo¬ 
ment the oxygen and fuel foods are brought together 
and ignited causing explosions which causes pres¬ 
sure upon the minute muscle fibers, that causes them 
to contract. 


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Millions of these minute muscle fibers contractions 
combine to give strength and movement to the larger 
muscles of the part of the body moved. 

After Pressure has been exerted to contract the 
muscles Suction then draws them back into place 
again by reverse movement. 

While this operation may seem complex, the law 
of it is so simple that it requires but two basic 
movements—Suction and Pressure—and these two 
movements are caused by Penetrability of sub¬ 
stances of different density. Very simple when one 
understands the one law which causes everything in 
the whole universe to move. 

Although the brain is the center of consciousness 
still there are many physical movements of the body 
which the mind is not conscious of. 

A generalisimo of a great army or the director of 
a large industrial plant cannot know of everything 
that takes place even though he is the center of 
action and in a position to secure telephonic com¬ 
munication with any part of the vast organization at 
any moment. 

The directing force of a great army or industrial 
plant is therefore divided and subdivided again and 
again and the generalisimo or general director only 
give attention to the general plans of operation and 
delegate the minor movements to subordinates. 

An ocean sailing vessel would never reach its 
destination if the captain had to stay awake during 
the entire voyage. Neither would a human being 
live very long if he had to stay conscious during 
his whole life. So the mind must be able to relax 


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from consciousness and take regular hours of rest 
and this can only be accomplished through the dis¬ 
tribution of operating management to subordinate 
mental forces. When the mind therefore lapses into 
unconsciousness, the subordinate mental forces con¬ 
tinue to direct the work of the body and such or¬ 
gans as the heart, lungs and intestines continue to 
perform their duties. 

The chief directing forces of the body are located 
in the cerebrum, cerebellum, medulla oblongata, and 
the spinal cord, each of which is composed of the 
same gray matter or mass of mental organisms 
which sends and receives impressions, and the white 
matter of the mental fibers through which the im¬ 
pressions are sent and received by currents of men¬ 
tality. 

When a body first learns to walk the mind must 
give it complete attention and one is then conscious 
of every step taken, but little by little the mind 
trains one of the subordinate directors to supervise 
that work and subsequently gives to walking very 
little attention, other than to direct the general 
course to be taken. 

Once the subordinate forces have mastered the di¬ 
rection of walking, the mind can be concentrated 
upon other things and the feet and legs will go on 
moving the body forward without the mind being 
conscious of the steps taken whatsoever. 

As the different movements of the muscles are 
mastered by the subordinate directing forces, the 
mind is enabled to direct a greater number of acts 


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and it is possible for almost every muscle of the 
entire body to be set into motion simultaneously. 

For instance, the mind can start the legs to run¬ 
ning, the arms to waving, the vocal cords to shout¬ 
ing, or the jaw to chewing, the eyes to watching, the 
ears to listening, the skin to sweating, the nostrils 
to smelling, or breathing, at the same time and still 
be unconscious to all of these acts while the brain 
is working out some mathematical problem. And 
while the mind is chiefly occupied in solving the 
mathematical problem, the subordinate directing 
forces in the cerebrum, cerebellum, medulla oblon¬ 
gata, and the spinal cord are supervising the dif¬ 
ferent muscular movements of the body. 

The mind then is the director general of the sys¬ 
tem. It has working under it various lieutenant 
generals, brigadier generals, colonels, majors, cap¬ 
tains and privates. The millions of little mental 
organisms throughout the body are the privates who 
do the fighting for the system and those privates 
naturally expect their director general to be capa¬ 
ble and reliable, and to use good judgment in the 
direction of his forces. They are the protecting 
forces of the body—the army of construction, and 
they are constantly being attacked by foreign ele¬ 
ments or by an army of destruction. 

The director general must naturally throw upon 
his subordinate forces located in the cerebellum, me¬ 
dulla oblongata and the spinal cord as much of the 
directing work as they can properly attend to while 
he attends to the general planning for the entire sys¬ 
tem, so that it would be impossible for him to give 


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attention to the millions of little things which are 
happening all over the body. But there are times 
when some attention must be given to the different 
localities. 

For instance, if the skin of a certain portion of 
the body should be torn by a rusty nail, instead of 
allowing those organisms located in that particular 
part of the body thus attacked and crippled to ward 
off the foreign attack and undertake the repair work 
unaided, help should be sent at once in the shape of 
external chemicals and a rub of iodine upon the at¬ 
tacked parts would help to destroy the foreign ele¬ 
ments and allow the organisms to rebuild the tissues 
torn away. 

That would be better judgment on the part of the 
director general than if he allowed the scratch to 
remain without aid, and the foreign elements were 
permitted to overpower the outposts of his forces 
and work their way internalty from tissue to tissue 
until they had poisoned and crippled an entire limb 
or organ. 

Another important thing the director general 
must do and that is to encourage the army of con¬ 
struction and defense to keep up their spirits by 
sending them healthy and encouraging reports. 
What can be worse for the morale of an army than 
to be constantly receiving reports from the director 
general that everything is going wrong, that dis¬ 
organization is rampant everywhere throughout the 
entire system and that it won’t be long before the 
body will die altogether. 


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Discouraging reports telegraphed by the mind to 
the different parts of the body have a depressing 
effect on those parts which make them ineffective for 
their best work. 

Therefore, the mind must train itself to use good 
judgment and exert will power to the best advantage 
and instill into the subordinate directing forces 
qualities of self preservation whereby the expansion 
principle will predominate and the construction 
forces can overcome indefinitely the destroying 
forces which tear down and lay prostrate the body 
of man. 

Cheerfulness and optimism started by the mind 
and communicated to the subordinate mental direc¬ 
tors and thence to the billions of mental organisms 
all over the body causes a beneficial reactivity and 
a cheerful response from every mental organism, 
the combined force of which influences the body to¬ 
wards a healthy state. 

The director of consciousness fails in its duty to 
the entire mental system when neglecting to prop¬ 
erly exercise all of its functions, or incapacitates the 
different parts of the body by passing into it poi¬ 
sonous foods, drinks or fumes. 

The mental organisms of the heart, no doubt, take 
pride in keeping the machinery of power in the best 
condition, just as any body of engineers would take 
pride in the operation of man made machinery. The 
mental organisms that superintend the movement of 
the muscles neither want those muscles to rust away 
for the want of exercise nor incapacitated by strains 
or undernourishment. So they all depend upon their 
general director to be a master and do the right 
thing at all times. 


He who does not advance beyond the 
capacity of his parents has given 
naught to the development of mankind. 


CHAPTER XIV. 


THE SENSES. 

In the last analysis all there is to man is con¬ 
sciousness, without which there could be no under¬ 
standing nor intelligent direction of the body. 

Nor could there be consciousness without a body 
of organized instruments to develop and utilize it. 

A means, therefore, to harness mentality and util¬ 
ize consciousness had to be arranged for man and 
this was accomplished by the senses. 

The capacity of consciousness as well as other 
functions is developed in living things according to 
necessity. 

As the progenitors of man were gradually mould¬ 
ed into physical shape, consciousness was acquired 
as the necessity for it demanded. 

In his primitive state man’s consciousness only 
had to meet the simplest needs and so the senses 
were developed along the most primary lines. 

Man had to be developed through natural growth 
and his consciousness was not started with the de¬ 
sire to understand superlative mathematics but 
through necessity of self preservation. 

Man had to learn how to live and protect himself 
so his primitive consciousness and senses of con¬ 
veyance were developed for that purpose. 


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Necessity first required the development of taste 
and smell so that man could distinguish the differ¬ 
ent kinds of food he absorbed. So by taste and smell 
he learned directly from nature the best kinds of 
substances to draw into his body for sustenance and 
growth and power to move. 

With his appetite attended to the next thing was 
to learn how to protect himself against extraneous 
influences, such as temperature and mutilating 
forces, both organic and inorganic. For this pur¬ 
pose the sense of feeling was developed so that he 
could distinguish the different pressures antagonis¬ 
tic to his body. 

In addition to the sense of feeling it became nec¬ 
essary that he could distinguish the direction from 
which attacking forces were coming as well as to 
know the nature and proportions of these forces. 
So the senses of sight and hearing were developed. 

So with these five senses connecting the outside 
world with his inner self and furnishing intelligence 
of what was taking place within a restricted area, 
primitive man formed the idea that he was well 
equipped to fight for existence and that no other 
senses were necessary for all time to come. 

Before pointing out what other senses are neces¬ 
sary before man can make great strides in mental 
development, the five senses will be described. Each 
of these senses has a specially constructed system of 
mental machinery capable of receiving impressions 
and conveying them to the mind. 


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The Sense of Feeling. 

Scattered all over the body are minute mental or¬ 
ganisms that are developed especially for the kind 
of work they are to do. These mental organisms 
are connected with the brain by mental fibers 
through which they send their messages concerning 
what takes place in their different localities. 

The extent of disturbances caused by pressure, 
either temperature or otherwise, upon any part of 
the body is made known to the brain by the nature 
of the attack upon these mental organisms. 

For instance if the arm is squeezed, the nature of 
it is made known to the mind through the combined 
sensation felt by the number of organisms affected. 

The laying on gently of a hand upon the skin of 
the arm while felt by a large number of mental or¬ 
ganisms does not create the commotion that the 
pressure of a mosquito’s bill through the skin will 
cause when coming into direct contact with but a 
fewer number of mental organisms, because one reg¬ 
isters a friendly pressure while the other registers 
a deadly attack. 

Although the attack of the mosquito covers but a 
small area in comparison to that covered by the 
friendly squeeze of the arm, the mental forces re¬ 
ceiving the full force of the shock sends the whole 
painful sensation to the brain and the necessity of 
self preservation being uppermost in man, the mind 
sends instant messages to all parts of the body to 
annihilate the intruder and the muscular forces of 
the system are set in action and the flat hand of 


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man rises and falls upon the part of his body at¬ 
tacked and the bloodthirsty mosquito is mashed to 
pieces. 

It is possible for man to deaden his sense of feel¬ 
ing so that he will feel but little or no pain, but in 
doing so he destroys the mental machinery neces¬ 
sary to guard and protect him against destroying 
influences. Pain is man’s protection agent. It 
warns him when it is necessary to protect himself 
or fix his machinery. 

The sense of feeling then comes from pressure put 
upon any part or parts of the body being sent by 
the mental organisms located at the ends of the 
mental fibers to the organ of consciousness. 

The parts of the body that acquire the most sense 
of feeling are the parts that are used the most fre¬ 
quently, such as the tips of the fingers, or the tip 
of the tongue, owing to the greater number of 
mental organisms developed in those parts by neces¬ 
sity and increased activity. 

The flesh of man has no feeling, so in order to 
prevent its distraction unbeknown to him, mentality 
is extended to all parts of the body so that pain 
can make known where the flesh is being damaged. 
If it were not for pain man could rot away or be 
destroyed in many ways without being aware of it. 

There can be no pain as long as the machinery of 
man is working properly and there are no detri¬ 
mental outside influences. 

Man must feel pain occasionally, however, in order 
to understand its nature, but he can guard against it 
through correct exercise, nourishment and rest to 


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such an extent that pain would be felt but seldom 
during liis life. 

Pain is registered by feeling. One must not deny 
the pain nor forsake the section of the body that 
bears it. Help must be afforded as quickly as pos¬ 
sible. On the other hand the consciousness must 
exercise self control and not exaggerate the extent 
of the trouble and depress and incapacitate the 
billions of industrious mental organs in other parts 
of the system. The entire body should not be upset 
because one part of it is ailing. 


The Sense of Taste. 

Combining solid and liquid substances with saliva 
causes a flavor which enables man to distinguish dif¬ 
ferent kinds of food when brought into contact with 
his sense of taste. 

The more the food is mashed up through the pro¬ 
cess of mastication when in the mouth the more pro¬ 
nounced becomes the flavor because the more essence 
of the substances eaten reaches the mental organ¬ 
isms of taste. 

The Great Experimentor very wisely gives to 
taste a pleasant sensation when the right quality and 
quantity of food is eaten and an unpleasant sensa¬ 
tion when the wrong quality or quantity is eaten. 

If eating did not afford pleasure man would no 
doubt starve to death. But because of this pleasure 
man is more likely to eat too much than too little 
food and for that reason he strains his digestive 


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organs which throws other organs of his system out 
of order as well. 

The sense of taste is located in the mouth and par¬ 
ticularly in the end and upper side of the tongue and 
the roof of the mouth. 

The color of a healthy tongue is reddish with a 
slight dull white surface to the upper side of it. 
When the tongue contains a pronounced whitish, 
reddish or yellowish coating one is not in best phys¬ 
ical condition. 

The tongue is composed largely of muscles which 
allow it to be moved freely in different directions. 
It is covered with papillae, some of which are con¬ 
nected with the sense of taste and are known as 
taste buds. The tongue also contains numerous 
blood vessels and mental organisms and also glands 
which secrete a liquid substance to keep it moist. 

While taste distinguishes many different flavors 
they can as a whole be classified under four heads— 
sweet, sour, salt and bitter. 

The Sense of Smell. 

Odor is a gaseous substance thrown out of a body 

containing mixed substances and is the essence of 

compound decomposition. Different animal and 

vegetable matter are particularly distinguishable by 

the odors thev throw off. 

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Odors are extremely subtle and have extraordi¬ 
nary penetrating and adhesive qualities. There are 
as many different kinds of odors as there are com¬ 
binations of substances. 


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The sense of smell sends to the consciousness the 
nature of the different odors and is an aid to man in 
his selection of the food he eats. This sense is not 
as keen in present man as it was in his savage pro¬ 
genitors, or wild animals who found it necessary to 
rely upon the sense of smell to give the direction of 
both their prey and enemies of attack. 

Any organ will lose its power through disuse but 
there are dogs in this world today with such keen¬ 
ness of smell that they can follow the footsteps of 
man from the odor his body leaves behind. 

The different odors passing through the nostrils 
leading to two large cavities above the mouth and 
extending backward to the throat come into contact 
with the olfactory organs, the mental organisms of 
which send the impressions to the brain in pressure 
waves through mental currents. 

The sense of taste and smell are very closely re¬ 
lated and a continuous drawing into the olfactory 
organs of thick heavy odors sometimes leads one to 
the belief that the odor is tasted. 

While there are countless grades of odors there 
are but two main qualities; (1) an odor eminating 
from a growing and healthy body which throws off a 
pleasing and health-giving fragrance, and (2) an 
odor coming from an unhealthy or dead body which 
throws off a sickening and health destroying sub¬ 
stance. 

The sense of smell becomes best acquainted with 
and satisfied with such odors as it is mostly accus¬ 
tomed to; a sewer rat no doubt is better satisfied 


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with sewer odors than it would be with the most 
delicate fragrance from flowers. 


The Sense of Sight. 

The eye is in shape like a ball and is about one 
inch in diameter. There are two of these eyeballs 
and they are fitted into sockets located in the front 
part of the skull which protects them from blows. 
Only the front portion of the eyeball is exposed and 
that can be covered by two folds of skin known as 
the eyelids, passing over it one from above and 
one from below. 

When closed the eyelids keep the eye clean and 
moist as well as protecting it. They are continually 
being closed during wakeful hours and the quick 
movement of their lashes help to keep away from 
the eye dust and other particles. 

The eye is continually being washed by tears 
which come from a small lachrymal gland located 
one above each eye on the side away from the nose. 
The tears clean the eye by flowing down over it to 
the inner edge where they enter the lachrymal duct 
leading to the cavity inside of the nose and finally 
pass to the throat and are swallowed. Crying causes 
tears to come so fast that they cannot pass through 
the lachrymal duct and they overflow and run down 
the cheeks. 

The eyeball is able to move in several directions 
by the contraction and expansion movement of six 
muscles which are attached to it from all sides. 


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Although differing somewhat in detail the eye of 
man is constructed and operated along similar lines 
to the camera. It contains a dark chamber and a 
lens and also a sensitive surface in the rear. 

The interior of the eyeball is the dark chamber 
which lets in the light from the front side only and 
at the point where the light is let in there is a lens 
and at the rear of the eyeball is a sensitive surface 
known as the retina. 

Between the retina and the front of the eye the 
space is filled with a transparent liquid through 
which light penetrates after entering the small open¬ 
ing in the front known as the pupil. The transpar¬ 
ent lens located inside of the pupil is so arranged 
that the direction of the rays of light are changed 
so that they come together at the rear of the eye, 
thereby producing an image upon the retina of ob¬ 
jects from which light is reflected. 

The retina contains innumerable miscroscopic 
mental organisms which instantly send to the brain 
through the mental fibers a picture of these objects. 

For millions of years the eye of man has been used 
for sending to his consciousness the shape of ex¬ 
ternal objects reflected by the substance known as 
light and he has developed those sight organs to 
such a degree that they answer very well for all 
ordinary uses. During the greatest part of these 
millions of years man has developed his eyes by 
daylight and thereby accustomed them to that kind 
of light. 

From this then it must be understood that objects 
reflected through poor daylight distribution or arti- 


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ficial light has a tendency to cause an imperfect 
image of the objects reflected and thereby strain and 
weaken the eyes in accordance with the difference 
in the qualities of light utilized. 

Therefor man to preserve his eyes should not exer¬ 
cise them with intricate performances such as read¬ 
ing or combining small objects unless done under 
the very best daylight conditions. 

One without good eyesight is a cripple just as 
much as if his legs or arms cannot move properly. 
It is better not to read or work at all than to lose 
the eyesight. To constantly strain the eyes causes 
a gradual loss of power to see. 

The eyes need plenty of exercise to develop them 
just the same as all other organs, but the exercise 
should be taken under normal conditions. This 
means good daylight and between well regulated pe¬ 
riods of rest. 

Light is a substance of great penetrating speed 
when compared with the movement of such sub¬ 
stances as air and water. Various forms of density 
attract and reflect light such as solids and liquids 
and air and vapors. 

Light shed upon formations reflects the different 
colors of which the substances are composed and 
the best developed eye is that which is capable of dis¬ 
tinguishing the largest number of colors. 

Colors exist everywhere in the universe and are 
of infinite varieties. All substances are made up of 
many colors. 

Light, heat, electricity, ether, sound, mentality, 
air and water all contain their own combination of 
colors. 


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a ^^ e y® ^ man has only been developed 

to see colors in substances of certain densitv. He 

* 

can discern colors in solids and liquids, but in sub¬ 
stances of lesser density, such as air, heat, ether, 
sound or mentality, he cannot visualize. 

Man vras originally created in the light of the 
Sun and his sense of sight was developed in day¬ 
light to see through air. heat, ether, sound or men¬ 
tality, but not to see them ; nor to see through solids 
composed of certain materials. 


The Sense of Hearing. 

Nature did not give primitive man eyes that could 
see in all directions at once or that could detect 
approaching dangers in darkness but it gave him 
hearing organs capable of distinguishing sound in 
either light or darkness and coming from any direc¬ 
tion. 

According to LAMTSONOMY the contact of two 
or more substances throw off a subtle substance 
called sound which has great penetrating qualities. 
Sound does not have the penetrating speed of light 
but it moves faster than air. Sound will penetrate 
such substances as light, heat, gases and air and to 
some extent solid matter. 

The ear which is the organ of hearing, is the best 

protected of any of the sense organs. It is situated 

in the middle of the hardest bone in the body— 

the stonv bone which is located whollv within the 
• • 

head. 


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A curved passage to the ear starts from the two 
projections on the outside of the head which are 
constructed of skin and cartilage and which deflect 
sound into this passage. A little wax keeps the 
walls of the opening moist and flexible. A tough 
and elastic membrane known as the tympanic mem¬ 
brane is stretched across and closes the opening. 
Deafness will result from breaking this membrane. 

The tympanic membrane surrounds the tympanic 
cavity or ear drum which is filled with air coming 
from the eustachian tube leading to the throat. This 
tube opens with every swallow and keeps the air 
of the inside of the drum at an equal pressure with 
that coming through the passage from the outside 
of the head. Throat or nose troubles sometimes 
affect the air pressure on the inside of the drum to 
such an extent by closing the tube that hearing be¬ 
comes impossible. 

Stretched across the inside of the eardrum are 
three small bones named malleus, incus and stapes 
They are connected with each other and malleus is 
connected to the outer membrane and stapes is con 
nected to the inner membrane forming direct com¬ 
munication between the outside and inside passages 
to the ear where innumerable mental organisms are 
connected with mental fibers leading to the brain. 

Sound, which is caused by pressure is drawn into 
the ear by suction and first passes through the outer 
opening to the ear where in a rapid current of waves 
it presses against the tympanic membrane causing 
the three bones within the ear drum to shake, the 
pressure of which is felt by the mental organisms 


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on the other side of the ear drum and sent in the 
shape of mental waves with the currents that pass 
through the mental fibers to the inner ear and brain. 

And because of this subtle substance thrown off 
of other substances by contact or while passing each 
other the consciousness of man is able to distinguish 
through the medium of the sense of hearing the na¬ 
ture of moving substances within certain limits. 

The passing of one substance in contact with an¬ 
other substance no matter how subtle their nature 
causes friction with a consequent loss to both sub¬ 
stances which creates new substances of varving 

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density, one of which is sound. Thus water coming 
into contact with rock, air passing the branches of 
trees or the breath blown out of the mouth or thrown 
directly into contact with the vocal organs all act 
upon the same principle as steam passing through 
a factory whistle, or a rattling street car passing 
over steel rails. 

While to primitive man sound was simply a warn¬ 
ing of approaching* danger, little by little he har¬ 
nessed it up for other purposes until he was finally 
able to make known his desires and ideas through 
a series of grunts and squeaks of various intona¬ 
tions and thus what is known as language was estab¬ 
lished. 

Singing and music followed with increasing scope 
and refinement of his early grunts and squeaks until 
the harmonizing effect of varying sounds became a 
source of pleasure to his sense of hearing. 

Man still further harnessed sound for useful pur¬ 
poses through the medium of such instruments as 


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the telegraph, telephone, phonograph and radio and 
there are still a number of wonderful uses this 
subtle substance can be put to as soon as man under¬ 
stands it better and gets a clear idea of its extra¬ 
ordinary potentialities. 

Man ’s sense of hearing is regulated and developed 
within the scope of his own proportions and con¬ 
sciousness so that sound thrown off of colliding sub¬ 
stances in space beyond the atmosphere can no more 
be heard by him than can be the sound made by the 
collision of two microscopic particles. 


CHAPTER XV. 


TEETH. 

Two jawbones give a circular form to the month. 
In the sockets of these jawbones are set the teeth 
of man and they are fastened thereto by roots and 
gums. 

Each tooth consists of a crown, a neck and a root. 
A small blood vessel and a mental fiber passes 
through the root. 

The crown of a tooth is covered with enamel, which 
if cracked or decayed causes inefficiency and expo¬ 
sure of the mental organisms to the air. 

The pressure of air, liquid or solid substances 
upon these mental organisms causes wave impres¬ 
sions to be sent by the currents of mentality through 
the mental fibers to the mind which feels the pain. 

The milk teeth—twenty in number—grow in a 
child between the ages of six months and six years 
and are then forced out by the growth of the per¬ 
manent teeth—thirty-two in number. 

Each jawbone contains four incisors, two canines, 
four biscuspids and six molars, which come together 
with a cutting and grinding movement. 

The sharp edges of the front incisors are used 
for the cutting process and the broad surfaces of 
the double teeth further back are used for mashing 
the foods. 


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Teeth are injured by such practices as cracking 
nuts with them, or by picking them with metal imple¬ 
ments or by contact with hot or cold substances. 

Teeth will decay through lack of exercise, im¬ 
proper nourishment, or uncleanliness by the lodg¬ 
ment and decay of foods in the crevices between 
them. 

According to LAWSONOMY the teeth must be of 
greater density than the matter they are to pene¬ 
trate and masticate. Therefore the substances of 
which they are composed are largely of a mineral 
nature. Tliev contain such elements as calcium, 
phosphorous and fluorine. 

These mineral substances are furnished the teeth 
by the blood and are drawn into the teeth by the 
power of suction in proportion to the action created 
and maintained by the jaws. 

If the blood is not furnished with these minerals 
then there is no way for the teeth to absorb them. 
The only way the blood can get these minerals is 
by drawing them by suction from food after it has 
been digested. 

Therefore the foods man puts into his stomach 
must first contain those minerals before the blood 
can absorb them and transport them to the teeth in 
the quantities needed in the building up and mainte¬ 
nance process. The best foods for the teeth are nuts, 
whole grains, green vegetables, fruits, eggs and milk 
eaten in their natural state. 

Such foods contain all of the sugar necessary for 
the human system and sugar taken into the body in 
any other way tends to weaken and destroy the teeth. 


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Especially is this so with refined white sugar that 
has been robbed of its supply of calcium and other 
mineral salts through the process of refinement. 

The carbon atom of cane sugar having been sep¬ 
arated from the calcium atom during the refining 
process will unite with it again whenever possible 
and when passing through the blood currents it will 
draw its lost affinitv to it, form a combination known 
as calcium-sucrate, and pass out of the body as 
waste matter, and at the expense of the teeth and 
bones which it robs. 

So it is essential to bar all refined sugar and can¬ 
dies from the diet if good teeth are to be built up and 
sustained throughout life. 

Besides the right kind of nourishment good teeth 
are made and kept by exercising them. Nothing can 
preserve teeth if they are not properly exercised. 

The necessity of preparing foods for the stomach 
by mastication is the cause for having teeth and if 
foods that require chewing are omitted from man’s 
diet for a certain length of time all of his teeth will 
fall out irrespective of any care or attention. Keep¬ 
ing them clean helps to retain good teeth but if not 
given exercise there would soon be no teeth left to 
clean. 

The teeth of man are gradually becoming weaker 
owing to his foods being of a softer variety than 
formerly which requires less effort to chew. His 
early forbear had powerful jaws and knew nothing 
of Pyorrhea or Dentistry because he gave them 
plenty of exercise in gnawing the bones of his adver¬ 
saries and chewing the toughest vegetation. 


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In preparing food stuffs for modern man the adul¬ 
terators not only destroy the most nutritious parts 
hut they take away most of the solidity of the food 
as well, thus softening and making it easy to chew. 
While a few soft foods may he eaten occasionally 
without bad effects still the real life of teeth and 
digestion depend upon plenty of hard food, thor¬ 
oughly ground to liquid pulp. At least a half hour 
each day should be spent masticating tough and 
strength giving foods. 

Extreme care, however, must he taken when chew¬ 
ing hard foods that the teeth are not broken during 
the operation. Plenty of time must be taken and 
the jaws worked slowly with precision and the food 
allowed to absorb enough saliva, to help soften it 
during mastication. 

When teeth are weak or loose it may require many 
years of careful exercise before they can develop 
strength and rigidity and one must begin the exer¬ 
cising process very lightly and gradually increasing 
the violence of movement as the teeth gradually 
gain the strength to permit it. 

Sudden or violent exercise of the bodv or limbs 
cause strains and aches of the muscles that move 
them, and likewise hard chewing suddenly forced 
upon teeth not used to it will have injurious effects. 
Therefore, weak teeth must be developed or re-devel¬ 
oped with mild exercise to begin with and the strain¬ 
ing movements increased gradually until the teeth 
grow stronger. 

The life of teeth depend upon the kind of exercise, 
nourishment and care given them as long as one 
lives. 


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A bone of tlie leg may be broken and the two 
parts reset and grown together again through proper 
adjustment, but a broken tooth will not knit to¬ 
gether, for teeth, when full grown, are unable to 
repair themselves. That means that when a tooth 
is cracked or decayed artificial mending becomes nec¬ 
essary, in which case one must consult a specialist 
on teeth. 

Many teeth partially decayed can be artificially 
repaired by a dentist and then through proper exer¬ 
cise and nourishment can be used indefinitely for 
chewing purposes. 

It is well to consult a first-class dentist once each 
year so that small cavities may be discovered at 
the outset and be repaired before they become larger 
and cause more trouble and also for a general clean¬ 
up of the teeth. 

It is just as necessary to keep the teeth clean as 
it is to keep other parts of the body clean, so they 
must be carefully brushed with warm water after 
each meal, before bedtime and upon arising every 
morning. The mouth must be thoroughly rinsed 
and the water drawn back and forth between the 
teeth until every particle of food matter is washed 
away. 

Extreme care must be taken in the selection of a 
specialist for repair work because an incompetent 
one might permanently injure the jaw or mental sys¬ 
tem through infection or otherwise. All men were 
not born for that sort of work and many drift into 
the profession as a means to a livelihood and not 
because they are fitted for it. 


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Natural ability for dentistry, knowledge of the 
most modern methods of application, practical ex¬ 
perience, honest intentions, cleanliness and concen¬ 
tration upon the work undertaken, are the main re¬ 
quirements for a successful dentist. 

Dentists should he very careful about advising the 
pulling out of aching or loose fitting teeth because 
many such teeth can be saved and strengthened by 
gradual exercise which will give new life to the 
gums surrounding and holding them in position. 

It is learned from text books that no more than 
two sets of teeth can be grown during the life of a 
human being. This is an erroneous lesson to be 
guided by. I believe that any healthy man or woman 
can grow a third set if necessity demands, through 
the proper exercise of the jaws, with the right kind 
of nourishment, the mental desire, patience, and 
the will power to grow them. 

The hard substance of which the enamel of teeth 
is composed, however, makes necessary a longer 
period for growth than does ordinary bone, so from 
fifteen to thirty years of patient effort is required 
to build a third set of teeth after the second one 
is gone. 

Teeth not properly exercised, nourished and cared 
for may, through decay, lead to all sorts of ail¬ 
ments in other organs of the body. 

Care must be taken not to over-exercise the teeth 
as well as to exercise them. It will be found that 
about two hours of natural food chewing each day 
will be sufficient for strengthening the teeth and 
helping to keep the digestive organs in such shape 
that a normal healthy body will result. 


CHAPTER XVI. 


FORMATION AND NOURISHMENT. 

Man is formed and operated according to the 
same underlying principle as every other formation 
in the universe and is subject to the Law of Pene¬ 
trability. 

Like everything else he is both a penetrating and 
a penetrable formation. For example, he can pen- 
erate or pass through vapor, air, water, etc., and 
such substances as metal, wood or heat can pene¬ 
trate him. 

He is a combination of particles brought together 
and held intact by Suction and when this cohesive 
force loses its initiative qualities the opposing force 
of Pressure predominates and with a contracting 
movement, disunites and scatters these particles 
elsewhere. 

The Lawsonpoise in man is reached when Suction 
and Pressure are equalized and the body is able to 
build itself up as fast as it can be torn down, or 
it is in a state of equi-disposition of composition 
and decomposition. 

I claim that man can, at any stage after arriving 
at maturity, so regulate himself that he can con¬ 
tinue to live in that state of activity and appearance 
indefinitely and in some cases he may increase his 


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vitality to such a degree that his activity will become 
greater and he will appear younger in age. 

A perfect synchronizing of all organs causes a 
perfect internal suction that is able to withstand 
the continuous and destroying force of external 
pressure. 

It is the working of all bodily organs and muscles 
in unison more than the strengthening of a few par¬ 
ticular organs or muscles that develop health and 
long life in man. 

The brain, stomach, heart, muscles, glands, skin, 
kidneys, liver, teeth and senses, must all be exer¬ 
cised and given the proper nourishment and rest in 
order to balance the system; muscles, capillaries and 
mental organisms all depend upon each other for 
action and if one is out of order the usefulness of 
the others are impaired. 

Some of the worst offenses against health and a 
well balanced man are: 

(1) Improper quality of fool; (2) improper quan¬ 
tity of food; (3) improper mixture of foods; (4) in¬ 
sufficient mastication; (5) lack of exercise; (6) lack 
of rest; (7) tardy evacuation; (8) lack of oxygen; 
(9) lack of cleanliness; (10) lack of constructive 
thought; (11) lack of sunlight; (12) lack of morality; 
(13) lack of ambition; (14) worry. 

The three great factors which man must regulate 
and adjust to harmonize proportionately in order 
to synchronize action of his various muscles and 
organs are: Exercise, nourishment, rest. They are 
each and all dependent upon one another and man’s 
neglect of any of them causes decay and death. 


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Man’s growth begins with exercise—builds up with 
nourishment—and recuperates with rest. 


Nourishment. 

Nourishment is an inexhaustible subject, and it is 
not the purpose of this work to go into its details, 
but more to give an outline of it so that the student 
may get a substantial grasp of the principles upon 
which he lives, moves and dies, and can take up later 
the study of the details if desired. 

The basic principle of formation is to draw into 
itself external substances for growing purposes, and 
this is accomplished by a Suction movement which 
attracts these substances toward the center and then 
regulates, combines and distributes them internally 
as are most suitable for expansion and operation of 
the body. 

If Penetrability caused but one force for move¬ 
ment—Suction—then the expansion of a body would 
continue without limits; but Penetrability causes 
two opposing forces—Suction, which attracts toward 
a center, and Pressure, which throws off from a 
center. Suction draws into the body and Pressure 
squeezes out of the body. Suction has an expanding 
movement and Pressure has a contracting move¬ 
ment. 

Now this principle does not only work as far as 
the body of man is concerned but it works through¬ 
out the entire universe and will be found working 
the same in the solar system or greater formations 


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in space or in the organs, blood corpuscles, or bac¬ 
teria in man. 

Suction is caused by vacancy, caused by displace¬ 
ment, caused by Penetrability, caused by difference 
in density which makes up the universe. 

The nature of the substances drawn into vacancy 
by Suction in the beginning are such as are preva¬ 
lent at that particular point at the time of birth of 
the formation. 

Thus will be found here on earth certain sub¬ 
stances of which man is composed and upon which 
he has been nursed and developed from the begin¬ 
ning. 

The substances of which man is composed and 
from which he has been nurtured and developed are 
the substances which he must continue to absorb into 
his body, if he would live and grow. Any sudden 
or radical change would cause impairment and 
death. 

Nourishment, then, simply means that man ab¬ 
sorbs through the power of Suction those substances 
of which he is composed for growth and replace¬ 
ment and for power to give movement to his mus¬ 
cular system. 

All power in man or any other formation in the 
universe, great or small, is based upon the Law of 
Penetrability and all movement is caused by cur¬ 
rents of varying density, either pulled by Suction 
or pushed by Pressure along the lines of the least 
resistance. 

The earliest forbear of man was formed millions 
of years ago by a combination of air, water, heat, 


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salt and sunlight, and therefore, those five essentials 
are the foundation of what man is today. 

During those millions of years other elements 
were gradually brought into his system which in¬ 
creased his development, but without air, water, 
heat, salt or sunlight men could not live at all. 

And those basic essentials which nature furnishes 
abundantly, man must draw into himself generously 
if he would reach his highest efficiency. They are 
the fundamentals of nourishment upon which his 
life depends. 

The early forebear of man was gradually devel¬ 
oped by changing conditions and variety of nourish¬ 
ment until the complexity of his body increased his 
needs and made necessary the absorption of many 
substances for his growth and power to move. 

And during the course of this development man 
acquired the habit of subsisting upon plant life as 
well as upon the bodies of animals, fish, birds and in¬ 
sects. Thus he acquired an appetite for various 
food that contained such substances as albumen, my¬ 
osin, gluten, casein, sugar, starch and fats and mil¬ 
lions of years of subsistence upon these substances 
not only aided to a large extent in building up his 
present form, but also have become a necessary part 
of his nourishment without which he could not live 
and grow or move about. 

Until quite recently man subsisted upon food con¬ 
taining these substances in their natural or complete 
state and his system was adjusted to this kind of 
nourishment. 


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Lately, however, and to some considerable extent 
he has been endeavoring to secure nourishment from 
foods that have been refined and adulterated to 
such a degree that they have been shorn of the basic 
qualities upon which his system was built and nour¬ 
ished for millions of years. 

While man has been developing himself in mental 
capacity and the ability to acquire and store up great 
economic wealth he lias been allowing his muscular 
system to gradually wither up and decay. 

Man has been denying himself those fundamentals 
upon which the human race was built. The elements 
of self-building and preservation upon which man 
originally nourished himself have been to some ex¬ 
tent superseded through a weakening desire for 
pleasure, and he now eats and drinks to tickle his 
taste more than he does for strengthening his body. 

His sense of taste has been over cultivated and he 
draws into his system substances that are a detri¬ 
ment to his health and growth and which damage 
and deteriorate his vital organs in a way that causes 
their impairment and lack of functioning qualities 
which causes loss of Lawsonpoise and a consequent 
decrease in the power of Suction and composition 
and an increase in the power of Pressure and decom¬ 
position. 

Man has been gradually cutting off his supply of 
air, sunlight, water and nutritious foods and substi¬ 
tuting for them artificial and injurious light, pois¬ 
oned air, and highly flavored and deadening bev¬ 
erages and foodstuffs. 


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Artificial and insufficient light ruins his sense of 
sight and lack of sunlight and pure air causes de¬ 
composition of the lungs. Flavored beverages in¬ 
capacitate the liver and kidneys and adulterated 
foods cause impure blood. Soft or concentrated 
foods, that require no chewing, weaken the teeth, 
glands and digestive organs. Inhalation of gaseous 
fumes poison the lungs and weaken the action of the 
heart. 

Weakening and putting out of order any or all 
of these organs creates a condition of the body that 
lacks the initiative to draw into itself the great life 
giving qualities that repair, build up, expand and 
counteract the effects of external pressure and in¬ 
fluences which contract and cause decomposition 
and death. 

To continue to grow and obtain the inclination and 
power to live indefinitely, man must begin with nour¬ 
ishment and only draw into his body such substances 
as are needed for growth, repair work and power 
for movement. He must eat and drink and inhale to 
live 200 or more years, instead of living to eat and 
drink and inhale for a period of 100 or less years. 

If one eats and drinks to live, instead of living to 
eat and drink he will not only select natural sub¬ 
stances for their quality but will find that the right 
quality of food or drink will not tempt or permit 
him to overload his body with too great a quantity. 

It is the artificially flavored foods, or those foods 
prepared principally to excite the taste that cause 
most people to eat a larger supply than the system 
requires or that can be digested and assimilated. 


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Such foods as a rule not only do not afford nourish¬ 
ment for the body but put a strain upon the differ¬ 
ent organs trying to get rid of the surplus matter. 
In fact it is not gotten rid of altogether but the body 
is forced to retain and carry around forever after¬ 
ward superfluous weight in the shape of injurious 
fat as a penalty for it. 

It makes a man, for instance, who naturally should 
weigh 150 pounds press the scales to 250 pounds and 
as a punishment for lack of will power to restrain 
his appetite nature makes such a man carry around 
with him everywhere he goes 100 extra pounds of 
weight. This extra weight, of course, is scattered 
all over his body. But the principle is the same as 
if a 150-pound man was forced to carry around 
everywhere, a large knapsack containing 100 pounds 
of useless matter. 

There are also many other penalties nature puts 
upon those who only live to eat and drink and enjoy 
themselves as well as superfluous weight and early 
death, and those penalties are a constant drag and 
torture during one’s existence through various bod¬ 
ily ailments, such as diseases of various kinds and a 
general incapacity to enjoy thoroughly the splendid 
feeling that only a well balanced body can appreci¬ 
ate that has attained maturity and reason and is 
enabled to keep the Power of Suction equal to the 
Power of Pressure. 

Proper nourishment is an essential in man’s life 
and the principle of self-preservation must be upper¬ 
most in the mind when eating or drinking and not the 
motive for gratifying a false taste. 


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The greatest strength comes from the greatest 
effort and it takes will power as well as jaw power 
to eat the foods most suitable for a healthy body, 
especially when the least suitable foods are flavored 
and made easy to swallow. 

The manufacturers make foodstuffs to sell at a 
profit and it is principal, not principle, that causes 
the preparation of most foods for the public. There¬ 
fore, the aim is to make eating easy and tasteful at 
the expense of health. So the public, moving along 
the lines of the least resistance, acquires the habit 
of eating soft and adulterated foods and then sup¬ 
port a large portion of the population as doctors and 
dentists to repair the damages. 

If you want to have a strong body you must make 
a strong effort for it, and begin that effort from the 
moment the food enters the mouth. Hard foods, 
then, are the only foods that will cause effort for 
mastication and they must be eaten to exercise and 
strengthen the teeth and the muscles holding the 
teeth together in the jawbones. 

That is the very beginning of health and longevity 
because it is the first step toward assimilation, and 
unless the first step is taken right, those to follow 
will be wobbly and inaccurate, and the movements of 
the other organs of the body will be unable to syn¬ 
chronize correctly, and an equidisposition of compo¬ 
sition and decomposition will be impossible. 

There has been much talk lately about grafting 
the glands of goats and monkeys into the body of 
man to replace his own which he has abused or failed 
to utilize and which will not function right. But in 


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such cases the replaced glands also become useless in 
a short time if the body is not properly exercised, 
nourished and rested. 

If man will exercise his teeth and salivary glands 
by chewing hard, dry nutritious foods and not swal¬ 
low the foods until made liquid by the mixture with 
saliva, and if he will drink nothing while eating in 
order to give the digestive juices from other glands 
a chance to penetrate the food while it is in the stom¬ 
ach and if he will not abuse himself otherwise, he 
will never be forced into the ludicrous position of 
having to decide whether he prefers to be made of a 
monkey or a goat by the grafting process. 

Although water is the basis of saliva and other 
juices which mix with the food, still it, or any other 
liquid should not be drunk until the food eaten has 
already passed through the stomach. 

Plain water or milk or a mixture of both warmed 
to a temperature of the blood is the only liquid that 
man should drink. Pure water should be drunk plem 
tifully between meals and just before retiring at 
night and upon arising in the morning. Under no 
consideration should very hot or very cold liquids 
be drunk at any time. 

Food can be taken into the stomach advantageous¬ 
ly three times a day, but time must be allowed for 
the full force of the blood to exert itself upon the di¬ 
gestive organs immediately after each meal. For 
that reason it is well to eat a light breakfast in the 
morning; a light lunch during the middle of the day, 
and the largest meal after the day’s work is over 
and plenty of time can be taken for rest. 


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It is better to eat too little than too much food for 
a meal, that causes the appetite to be keen and re¬ 
sponsive at all times and does not strain the diges¬ 
tive organs. 

Although man is accustomed to eat the flesh of 
animals there is no good reason why he should con¬ 
tinue this savage practice because all of the sub¬ 
stances found in the meat are found in vegetables, 
grains, fruits and nuts. In fact, those substances he 
absorbs from meat for life giving qualities are at 
best second hand matter, as the animal he kills and 
devours had to first get them from plant life. In 
fact, it is far better for man to obtain his nourish¬ 
ment first hand from plants than it is to get it after 
it has passed through the existence of animal life 
and contains all of the diseases that animals are in¬ 
fected with and which are given to man through the 
process of assimilation. 

It will be found throughout the animal kingdom 
that those species excel that subsist upon plants 
instead of animal matter. For instance, the elephant 
for long life, bulk and strength; the horse for 
strength and intelligence; the deer for speed; and 
the bull for courage; while dogs that are trained 
without meat invariably have the most intelligence 
providing they are fed hard, dry and nutritious food 
compositions. 

The right nourishment, then, for a body with com¬ 
bined strength, activity, courage, intelligence and 
longevity are nutritious vegetables, fruits, nuts and 
grains, and a generous supply of pure water, air and 
sunshine. 


When man began to refine his food, nature 
began to send toothaches and dentists. 


CHAPTER XVII. 


EXERCISE. 

Penetrability causes movement without which 
there could be no life. 

Man is an organized mass of movable substances 
which obtains stability through proportionate activ¬ 
ity. 

Action creates life and health in man and in order 
to retain it the body requires continual exercise as 
well as nourishment. In fact, nourishment would be 
useless without action to distribute and utilize it to 
the best advantage throughout the entire system. 

The bones and muscles of the body are developed 
by exercise. The mind and senses of man are also 
developed by exercise. 

If the arm of a baby at birth would be tied to its 
body and never allowed to move, it would not grow 
at all. Or if a well developed arm of the strongest 
athlete would be tied to his body and remain in that 
position for some time without exercise, it would 
wither up and become useless. 

If the mind of a child was not allowed to exercise 
itself by thinking along constructive lines, it would 
in time become an idiot. And if the best developed 
mind of man was kept from thinking along con¬ 
structive lines for a while his power to think would 


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pass away and lie would become childish in thoughts 
and actions. 

Inactivity of body or mind causes decay and death. 

Or inactivity of any particular organ or function 
of the body or mind causes decay and death to that 
particular part which throws the entire system out 
of balance and starts the body or mind towards col¬ 
lapse. 

So it must be understood that exercise makes 
strength and that both body and mind with their dif¬ 
ferent organs and functions must be exercised pro¬ 
portionately to have LaAVsonpoise, health and long 
life. 

The man who gives all of his attention to exercise 
of the muscles and allows the brain to rot for the 
want of it, becomes a mental weakling and the man 
who over exercises the brain and allows the body 
to rot for want of it, becomes a physical weakling. 

The man whose work develops the muscles should 
take recreation in constructive mental exercises, and 
the man whose work develops the mind should take 
recreation in constructive physical exercises. 

One must alternate physical and mental exercises 
as often as possible in work and recreation. The 
oftener the change from physical to mental exercise 
the better it is for the general efficiency of the whole 
system. 

Sudden and unexpected movement causes strains 
and shocks which weaken or destroy important parts 
of the machinery either physical or mental. So 
movement of a violent nature should be gradually 
introduced to the system. 


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Exercise should only be indulged in which can be 
kept up through the entire life, but if it should be 
increased or decreased in violence then it should be 
accomplished gradually. Muscles, organs or mind 
begin to decay after being developed to the highest 
grade of efficiency and then allowed to retrograde 
for want of the same exercise that helped to build 
them up. 

Unless great strength is to be used permanently 
it is best not to develop it at all, for as decomposi¬ 
tion sets in to the parts already developed, but no 
longer used, or exercised, it also weakens other parts 
as well as the neglected ones. 

Some of the very strongest athletes die early in 
years because they strain their muscles up to a very 
high grade of efficiency and then do not keep them 
there by the same vigorous exercise. This causes 
sudden contraction and decomposition and early 
death. 

Great strength does not result in long life nor 
fine health. A 35 H. P. motor with proper care will 
outlive a 100 H. P. motor not properly cared for. 
Sudden putting on and taking away full power will 
quickly depreciate either motor or man. 

A 35 H. P. motor, however, will not furninsh as 
much power as a 100 H. P. motor, neither will weak 
muscles furnish as much strength as strong ones. 

If muscles are weak they cannot be strengthened 
by sudden or violent exercises that cause strains. 
They must be strengthened by gradually increasing 
the force of the exercises until the nourishment nec¬ 
essary for their growth has been drawn to them and 


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properly assimilated, as well as to gradually develop 
to a higher grade of efficiency the numerous little 
power plants which furnish the power for their 
movement. This takes time. 

A young person who has not yet reached maturity 
can resist the bad effects of shocks from sudden and 
violent exercise better than older persons, because 
growing muscles have more elasticity than full 
grown ones. 

However, elasticity of movement can be brought 
back to older and stiffer bones and muscles to some 
extent if patience is taken to gradually increase the 
exercises for a number of years. 

Almost any man who has not yet reached the edge 
of the grave can entirely remake himself during a 
period of ten years if patience, will power and effort 
are brought to bear upon his daily existence. 

The desire to do a thing increases the ease of its 
performance and of course one must first acquire the 
ambition to do it. 

Constant daily exercise is just as essential as 
gradual increase of exercise, but the habit once ac¬ 
quired will be almost as hard to discontinue as to 
get rid of deteriorating habits. 

Although the only way to exercise the mind is by 
constructive thought, there are a number of ways in 
which the body can be exercised. The main factor 
in physical exercise is of course to move the body 
about, but the methods adopted for the purpose 
should be to bring into action the largest number 
of organs and muscles at the same time. 


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Exercises that require springing, bending and 
twisting of the body or pushing and pulling move¬ 
ments are essential for muscular development. 

Everybody should indulge in plenty of walking 
because that is generally taken out of doors and if 
briskly performed it increases the circulation of the 
blood to such an extent that the lungs are forced to 
draw into the system increased quantities of oxygen 
from the air breathed. 

Running, is far better exercise than walking as it 
brings into movement almost every muscle and or¬ 
gan of the body and forces through the lungs more 
rapidly a much greater supply of oxygen. 

Anywhere from two to five miles walk every day 
must be taken by everyone that wants to preserve a 
sound body and good health and one-quarter of this 
distance should be interspersed by short sprints of 
running in order to secure the best results. 

It is interesting to know how and why man is able 
to walk, run, or move about from place to place. 

According to Lawsonomy, no substance can pene¬ 
trate another substance of equal density; so, to be¬ 
gin with, man being of greater density than air, he 
is able to pass through it. But before man can move 
through air there must be some fundamental power 
that moves him. He must either be pushed along 
by pressure or pulled along by suction as those are 
the only two forces of Penetrability. 

The power of suction which holds the earth to¬ 
gether draws man as well as every other earthly 
thing toward its center. When man is properly bal¬ 
anced he is able to stand in an upright position, but 


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when losing his balance the upper part of his body 
being heaviest is drawn by the earth’s suction toward 
the center of the earth. The crust of the earth be¬ 
ing of greater density than the body of man, how¬ 
ever, he cannot pass through it and therefore can 
get no further than lying flat upon it. 

Therefore, the earth’s suction can pull man 
towards its center through either air, gas, or water 
which is of lesser density than man, but not through 
the crust of the earth which is of greater density 
than man. 

Now, when man is properly balanced he can stand 
in one position without moving in any direction. But 
if lie should extend the upper part of the body for¬ 
ward beyond the line of balance, suction would draw 
the upper part of his body forward toward the cen¬ 
ter of the earth and if he did not resist the pull he 
would fall flat upon the ground. 

But man can resist the pull of the earth’s suction 
by internal pressure of his body and by pushing for¬ 
ward one foot and leg it acts as prop to hold up the 
weight of the body and then when the body contin¬ 
ues to fall forward he can push the other foot and 
leg forward and continue to prop up the fall of the 
body. He can then repeat this movement many 
times and he will find himself moving along from 
place to place, pulled by the earth’s suction and 
kept balanced and in action by the pressure of his 
body. 

Walking is the result of Lawsonpoise which cre¬ 
ates a balance between the internal muscular system 


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of Man, his mind, the suction of the earth and the 
Zig-Zag-And-Swirl movement of the universe. 

Prominent scientists claim that no one has yet ex¬ 
plained satisfactory how energy is formed. Of 
course, and further, no one will ever be able to ex¬ 
plain it, because there is no such thing as a form of 
energy in the universe, and that which does not exist 
cannot be explained. 

Scientists will never be able to explain the cause 
of movement at all until they understand Lawson- 
omy,—the Super Science of Life which explains 
Penetrability,—the cause of all movement. 

It took millions of years for man to develop him¬ 
self so that he could walk and run and this was only 
accomplished after long and patient efforts of prede¬ 
cessors who gradually developed feet and legs of 
sufficient size and strength for the purpose. 

Now that man has feet and legs he should appre¬ 
ciate them and try and preserve them, through exer 
cise in the same way that caused their growth. He 
should also retain his muscular machinery by exer¬ 
cising it daily. 

A man recently lived without food for a period of 
seventy days and then died for want of nourishment. 
A man can live without exercise for a certain length 
of time, also, but he will die for want of it just as 
he will for want of nourishment. 

A man is never too old to play. But the play does 
not have to be silly or childish. It should be con¬ 
structive play. 


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It is not undignified for a 50-year-old man to play 
golf, tennis, baseball or cricket or to swim, box, 
row a boat or ride a horse. 

Dancing, however, although an exercising play, is 
not only effeminate in its nature, but is more or less 
degrading as well, for it creates a certain form of 
licentiousness with too much freedom between the 
sexes that does not tend toward the fullest develop¬ 
ment of either mind or body. 


CHAPTER XVTH. 


BEST. 

It is just as important to know how to rest as it is 
to know how to eat and exercise right. 

Exercise develops power which uses up fuel and 
wears away the machinery of man. Nourishment re¬ 
places the fuel and the materials for repairing the 
machinery. Time is needed by the inhabitants of the 
billions of tiny cells of man to rebuild the wornout 
parts and so man must relax a certain portion of 
his life to afford time for the building work to be 
done or the body would become so dilapidated from 
the wearing away of the machinery without repair 
that he would collapse altogether in a short time. 

Plenty of rest, therefore, must be constantly taken 
to offset the exercise. 

When exercise is taken a contraction movement is 
produced in which pressure uses up for power the 
available supply of vitality and then squeezes out 
of the body the waste matter, which then leaves a 
vacancy to be filled, and according to Lawsonomy 
this vacancy is filled by the Suction movement 
whereby food is drawn into the stomach and air into 
the lungs for the purpose. 

Food and air thus drawn into the system must not 
only be given a chance to digest, and be stored up 


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for more power, but time must also be allowed for its 
distribution and reformation of the cells and tissues 
in all parts of the body. 

In proportion to the quantity of vitality used up 
and forced out of man by pressure during activity 
so an equal quantity must be drawn back again by 
suction if he is to remain at a certain physical stand¬ 
ard. 

It is the resting period that allows time for draw¬ 
ing into the system new substances, storing them 
away and building up new manlife by suction. In 
fact, rest is necessary in order that the internal work 
of the body may be attended to, which could not be 
done if man used all of his time expending his vital¬ 
ity for either muscular or mental exercise. 

Frequent periods of rest for both muscles and 
mind are more strengthening than the taking of 
long stretches of time for work and rest. The heart 
of man is able to work twenty-four hours a day be¬ 
cause it takes a short rest between each beat. 

The heart beats approximately seventy times a 
minute. With each beat it works three-tenths of a 
second and rests four-tenths of a second. There¬ 
fore, the heart takes more time for rest than it does 
for work. At that rate the heart rests approximate¬ 
ly eleven hours each day and it is my belief that man 
requires the same quantity of time for rest each day 
that his heart consumes. 

The resting periods of the entire body, of course, 
cannot be as often as the beating of the heart, but 
man will balance himself better and increase his effi- 


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ciency and length of life if he will shorten his periods 
of work and rest. 

Alan who works with brain or brawn must rest at 
least five minutes every hour he is awake to produce 
the best results. 

Man who works his brain exclusively must take 
besides five minutes rest, five minutes of muscular 
exercise every hour he is awake. 

1/ 

Man who works his muscular system exclusively 
must take besides the five minutes rest, five min¬ 
utes of constructive thinking every hour he is awake. 

Eleven hours rest can be distributed to good ad¬ 
vantage each day as follows: Eight hours during 
the night for sound sleep. (The best time for sleep 
is between 9 o’clock p. m. and 5 o’clock a. m.) One- 
half hour after breakfast, one-half hour after lunch, 
one hour after the larger evening meal, five minutes 
relaxation during each hour of the remaining wake¬ 
ful hours. 

If factory owners would divide up the day into 
more periods of work and rest their employees would 
not only be benefited by better health and longer life, 
but the employer would also be benefited by larger 
production results as well, owing to the often re¬ 
vitalized employees working with renewed and in¬ 
creased power and ambition between times. 

The eight-hour working day could be divided up 
to advantage as follows: Work from 7:30 a. m. un¬ 
til 9:30 a. m. Best or play from 9:30 a. m. to 10:00 
a. m. Work from 10:00 a. m. until 12 o’clock noon. 
From 12 noon until 1 p. m. should be taken for lunch 


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and rest. Work from 1 p. m. to 3 p. m. Rest or play 
from 3 p. m. to 3:30 p. m. Work from 3:30 p. m. to 
5:30 p. m. 

The time will come when the economic life of man 
will no longer be his master and slave driver, and 
the distorter and destroyer of his body and mind. 
His work will be so regulated that he will not be 
shorn of all of his vitality before he has reached his 
greatest capacity. And after he has reached his 
greatest capacity for usefulness it will be found 
better to conserve his power for a long period 
by plenty of restful spells interspersed during work 
hours than by gluttonously draining the last drop of 
his vitality for a short period and sending him to an 
early grave long before his greatest output is attain¬ 
able. 

All functions of man must harmonize or the ma¬ 
chine will be thrown out of balance. The farther 
away from balance the less efficient man becomes. 
Upon the pivot of manlife there must be balanced 
the three cardinal principles—Exercise,—Nourish¬ 
ment,—Rest. 


CHAPTER XIX. 


DAILY HABITS. 

Frequent repetition of an act constitutes a habit. 

The general mental director located in the center 
of the brain first authorizes an act and then superin¬ 
tends its performance several times until the assist¬ 
ant mental directors of the system are taught to re¬ 
peat the act periodically without conscious attention. 

Walking, for instance, is a habit, superintended 
almost entirely by the assistant mental directors and 
is seldom given attention by the general director of 
consciousness unless it is in the shape of an order to 
the assistants to move the body as a whole to some 
specific point. 

Once a habit is introduced into the system by the 
general mental director and the assistants have mas¬ 
tered the execution of it they will continue the move¬ 
ments at appointed times and places without always 
being commanded to do so by the general mental di¬ 
rector, and the oftener the act is repeated and the 
more accustomed the system becomes to it, the more 
difficult is it for the general director of conscious¬ 
ness to change about and teach the assistant di¬ 
rectors acts to replace it. 

The deeper set into the system a habit becomes the 
more difficult it is to eradicate it and the less desire 
the general director of consciousness has to do so. 


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So firmly embedded into a routine of habits does 
the human system get sometimes, that the general 
director of consciousness loses all power of will to 
change them and consciousness then becomes a mere 
slave to preconceived and practiced mechanical 
movements of the body, supervised by subordinate 
mental directors without reason or judgment. 

It is just as easy to introduce a bad habit into 
the system as it is to introduce a good habit. In 
fact, it is much easier if those with whom we asso¬ 
ciate are addicted to bad habits, for man imitates 
to a large degree the actions of those with whom he 
comes into contact the most frequently. He also, 
to some considerable extent shapes his actions in 
accordance with the suggestions of his contempor¬ 
aries and allows the judgment of others to influ¬ 
ence him. 

Forming good habits is like climbing a steep hill 
toward the sunlight and good air—the climb is diffi¬ 
cult but strengthening and it enables one to secure a 
greater perspective of life. 

Forming bad habits is like sliding down hill in 
the direction of a quagmire—it requires little effort, 
is weakening in effect and affords but a circum¬ 
scribed view of a gloomy existence. And the fur¬ 
ther one slides down hill the farther one has to climb 
to get back up again and the harder is the climb and 
the weaker the body that undertakes it. 

As strength can only be gotten by effort, so one 
must begin reconstruction by effort and form daily 
habits that will strengthen and not weaken the mind 
and muscular system. 


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To improve the health and increase the efficiency 
and length of life a goal must be set far in advance 
to aim at and the director of consciousness must be 
backed by a will to overcome all obstacles and have 
sufficient power to enforce every beneficial order is¬ 
sued to the general staff that superintend the move¬ 
ments, habits and desires of the svstem. 

I will outline herewith a daily course that can be 
followed advantageously by any man, woman or 
child. The quantity and quality of food eaten and 
exercises taken can be regulated and varied to suit 
the nature and requirements of the individual. 

This course may seem difficult and hard to follow 
by those who have lived according to slipshod meth¬ 
ods or are surrounded by old fashioned people who 
have no particular aim in life except to float down 
easy stream with a crowd of flounderers, but as the 
will power develops and becomes master of the sys¬ 
tem the course will seem easier to pursue and the 
new habits will gradually gain ascendency until it 
will finally be a difficult task to change them. 

A few years trial of the following course will 
prove that life is well worth living and that the 
superficialties of the average existence are but the 
froth of the real substance. 

Awaken in the morning at 6 o’clock. Stretch and 
twist about in bed for a few minutes and then sit up 
for a minute or two until the heart has become 
accustomed to pumping the blood vertically instead 
of horizontally and also with gradually increased 
power. 


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Get out of bed, rinse the mouth and drink a glass 
of warm water. Then stretch and twist the body 
and move about the room leisurely in a naked state 
for a few minutes in order to allow the system time 
to gradually develop the power for increased activ¬ 
ity. The muscles of the body must be slowly at¬ 
tuned toward vigorous exercise or they will not do 
their best work and sudden violence of action may 
incapacitate them permanently. 

Then with easy movements take five or ten min¬ 
utes naked exercise by bending, stretching, twist¬ 
ing, pulling and pushing the body in various con¬ 
tortions that bring into action numerous muscles 
throughout the entire system. 

After the body is thoroughly warmed as an effect 
of the exercises take a cold water bath, either in a 
tub or preferably by shower. This cold bath must 
be taken quickly and one must not continue it until 
chilled or the good effect of it will be lost. A brisk 
rub with a hard towel should bring warmth and a 
healthly color to the skin of the body after the bath. 

Following the bath and rub, ten or twenty minutes 
of brisk exercises can be taken while in a naked con¬ 
dition, increasing in violence in proportion to the 
ability to absorb it without strain. 

A second glass of warm water should then be 
drunk. 

If a male, ten minutes can be taken to shave. 
Every man should shave his own face for two good 
reasons: (1) He can shave in less time than he 
can reach the average barber shop, thus saving time 
as well as expense, and (2) it is a cleaner practice 


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in which the danger of catching skin and blood dis¬ 
eases from brushes, razors, towels and paper used 
upon the faces and heads of others, or even collected 
and exchanged by the hands of the barber, is elimi¬ 
nated. Especially is this so where the barber han¬ 
dles filthy money—either in making change or in ac¬ 
cepting tips. 

No powder should be put upon the face as that fills 
the pores of the skin with particles of matter, thus 
stopping the flow of oil from the minute wells which 
cause the skin to become dry and wrinkled. 

After the shave it is beneficial to slowly eat a raw 
apple, pear, or other fruit in season, making sure 
that it has been thoroughly washed beforehand. In 
such a case the fruit must be bitten to pieces and 
chewed up and swallowed, skin, seeds and all. The 
biting of the fruit with the teeth will give them some 
much needed exercise as well as bringing into the 
system certain substances of which the skin and 
seeds are composed that would otherwise have been 
wasted. 

After dressing one is then ready for breakfast, 
but a habit must be formed of eating a light meal 
in the morning so that the full force of the blood 
may be given to the muscles or brain as required 
for an efficient morning’s work instead of being sent 
to the stomach to aid in the digestion of the food 
eaten. 

In addition to the apple or other fruit that may 
have been eaten, a breakfast of two fresh eggs, 
boiled three or four minutes, and two or three slices 
of toast made of either bran, rye, or whole wheat 


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bread, is a sufficiently large meal for any one unless 
engaged in the heaviest kind of manual labor. In 
which case the rations can be increased somewhat. 
No coffee, tea or any other kind of drink can be 
taken for breakfast. All of the liquid necessary to 
saturate the food eaten must be furnished by the 
salivary and other glands. 

The proper time for drinking is between meals or 
when thirst is strongly manifested by dryness of the 
mouth. Drinking should be generously indulged in 
when the stomach is empty, during which time sev¬ 
eral glasses of warm water will wash out the stom¬ 
ach and also furnish the liquid needed for secretions 
and excretions. 

After breakfast one-lialf hour of relaxation for 
the body and mind is necessary so that a large quan¬ 
tity of blood can be used by the stomach for diges¬ 
tive purposes. 

During this period the morning evacuation can be 
effected. In fact, it must be effected by this time if 
not before breakfast. This morning habit must be 
formed and never deviated from, not even for a day. 

All or part of the distance between the home and 
office or shop must be walked in order that a large 
quantity of oxygen may be drawn into the lungs and 
blood to insure power behind the work of the day. 

Frequent moments of relaxation during working 
hours will afford new zest and insure greater ac¬ 
curacy in the performance of the work undertaken. 

An hour’s time must be taken during the middle 
of the day for recuperation during which period a 
short walk, followed by a short run, should be taken 


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in the open air, a cold bath or a short swim will 
then have a most beneficial effect upon the system. 

After the body lias regained a normal state, a 
glass of milk can be slowly drunk and a handful of 
nuts chewed up into a pulp and swallowed for the 
noon meal. This meal can be varied each day, but 
it should be very light and nutritious. Too much 
nourishment during the middle of the day will cause 
power to go to the stomach instead of to work. 

At 5:30 p. m. the day’s work for the average per¬ 
son should be over and the mind and muscular sys¬ 
tem turned to other pursuits. 

Another walk and short run in the open air should 
be taken and if convenient, a little outdoor game of 
some kind indulged in such as tennis, golf, cricket or 
baseball, with a cold bath or swim to follow. 

During inclement weather indoor gymnastics can 
be taken. But whatever quantity of exercises have 
been begun must be continued to the end of one’s 
life, otherwise contraction of forces and muscles sets 
in with disastrous results to the entire machinery of 
the system, causing shrinkage and decomposition 
and loss of power. 

The best time for running or other violent exer¬ 
cises, or for great mental effort, is when the stomach 
is empty for the following reasons: (1) After food 
has been digested a large quantity of blood is re¬ 
leased from that work for the rapid distribution of 
nourishment to any or all parts of the system that 
requires it, and, (2) the digested food is prepared, 
stored and waiting as fuel for the muscular system 
to draw to the parts of the body actively used and a 


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large part of which is changed into power through 
mixture with oxygen transported by the blood from 
the lungs through the movement of the muscles. 

Therefore, one must never take violent exercise 
immediately after eating, neither should one 
eat immediately after exercising. The body must be 
given a rest both after eating and after exercising. 

Between 6:30 and 7:30 p. m. is the best time to eat 
the large meal of the day because one can take 
plenty of time for relaxation afterward. A very im¬ 
portant thing to remember is that at least one hour 
of rest must be taken after a large meal. 

A large meal should not be eaten in less time than 
one hour, so if the evening meal is begun at 6:30 
and finished at 7:30 one must lounge around until 
8:30 before fulfilling social appointments unless the 
meal hour itself and the following hour are turned 
into a quiet little social affair in which unimportant 
matters are discussed in the meantime. 

The evening meal should consist of vegetables, 
grains, nuts, fruits, and eggs. These should be 
eaten raw whenever possible although some vege¬ 
tables and grains taste better cooked. Potatoes for 
instance should either be boiled or baked within 
their skins in order that a large part of their 
strength and flavor may be retained. The skins 
should be eaten with the potatoes. Grains should 
be cooked in their whole state and formed into hard 
combinations that require considerable chewing. 
Baked white beans are very nutritious. Asparagus, 
cauliflower, beets, cabbage and parsnip are more 


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tasteful when cooked, but green peas, spinach, tur¬ 
nips and carrots taste better uncooked. 

A slice of raw onion is an exceptionally good food 
to introduce into the stomach every few days, and 
celery, lettuce and raw tomatoes all have their dis¬ 
tinctive advantages as foods and should be eaten 
periodically. Almost every kind of fruit or nuts are 
nourishing and all sorts of delicious combinations 
can be formed for the evening meal. What can be 
more tasteful and nutritious than dates and wal¬ 
nuts mixed together in the mouth and chewed to a 
liquid state? Figs and nuts also mix well together 
with plenty of saliva. 

One must form the habit of eating the evening 
meal without fluid of any kind except what comes 
from fruit while being chewed. No meat of any sort 
is necessary at any meal. 

Between the evening meal and the time to retire, 
some outdoor exercise must be taken and that can be 
done by a walk and a short run about 9 o’clock. 
Riding about in a cramped position in automobiles 
for any length of time is a very bad practice and 
eventually it stunts the growth of the muscular sys¬ 
tem so that it becomes almost or entirely useless. 

Before retiring one should take a warm bath in 
which a good quality of soap must be used for clean¬ 
ing purposes. 

The teeth must be cleaned and the mouth rinsed 
thoroughly with warm water. Also two or three 
glasses of warm water should be drunk before re¬ 
tiring for the night. Windows must be left open at 


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all times so that the sleeping room will be well ven¬ 
tilated. 

The bed and clothing must be aired properly dur¬ 
ing the day and clean sheets used for the bed every 
night. Clean sheets for the bed daily is just as es¬ 
sential as clean underwear should be worn every 
day. 

The most comfortable night’s rest can be had if 
one sleeps between the sheets in a naked form, as 
nightgowns or pajamas usually tighten about the 
muscles, causing billions of minute mental organ¬ 
isms scattered all over the system to become irri¬ 
tated and thereby disturb the thoroughly peaceful 
rest the mind should have during the sleeping pe¬ 
riod. 

Retire for the night not later than ten o’clock 
after dropping from the mind all worries and cares 
of past or future events or prospects. 


CHAPTER XX. 


CHARACTER. 

Character is born in one but it is altered after 
birth by the different influences and experiences en¬ 
countered. 

At the time of birth the child is a composite 
embryo of its parents, but, owing to various influ¬ 
ences afterward it acquires different traits and in¬ 
clinations than those of the parents. 

The trend of the character of the child can be 
firmly established by the parents before its birth 
through their own thoughts and actions and after 
birth by close association and guidance. 

The child begins life with nothing but a physical 
formation and mental inclination derived from the 
parents, and it is essential that these elements 
should be the very best that good thoughts and con¬ 
duct of the parents can make them. 

The physical attributes and mental attitude of 
the parents during two years prior to the birth of 
a child is that which will largely influence it after¬ 
ward. 

If, within that period, the thoughts of the parents 
have been evil it is certain that the child will have 
evil tendencies, while on the other hand if during the 
two year period prior to birth the parents have had 


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pure thoughts and accomplished noble deeds, then it 
is certain that the child will be inspired in the same 
way. 

Parents often wonder why their children do not 
“take after them.” They always do, but they only 
take the physical and mental impressions of the pa¬ 
rents within the immediate period of birth and that 
is why children from the same parents differ in their 
inclinations and characteristics. 

At the different birth periods the parents usually 
have altogether different thoughts and inclinations. 
An elapse of a few years causes an entirely different 
combination of emotions to exist between them and 
according to the changed physical conditions, and so¬ 
cial, economic, and artistic inclinations of the pa¬ 
rents during the different periods the different chil¬ 
dren obtain their physical attributes, inclinations 
and traits of character. 

The parents owe to the child they are about to 
bring into the world the observation of strict com¬ 
pliance to natural laws during two years prior to 
its birth, and every precaution should be taken to 
develop their bodies and minds toward a state of 
perfection. They should endeavor to establish the 
best conditions through exercise, nourishment and 
rest and by permitting only thoughts of the highest 
value to enter their minds. 

Self sacrifice and the will to accomplish good 
deeds must be observed by the parents in order that 
such qualities will be inocculated into the seed and 
ambryo formation of the child. 


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Love and kindness shown by the parents to each 
other during the pre-birth period will have a good 
influence upon the unborn child and help to make it 
kind and considerate in after life both towards its 
parents and towards other living things as well. 

Parents must treat each other in every day affairs 
with that respect and esteem that they would like 
their children to subsequently bestow upon them. 

Any habit that tends to weaken one physically and 
mentally also tends to weaken one morally, for that 
which deadens the senses eliminates pride and will 
power and the desire for great principles. 

It is essential then that parents must formulate 
good physical, mental and moral habits that the 
child may be born with a well balanced body and 
character. 

Everything that happens is but an effect of a pre¬ 
ceding cause and as we build so shall be the struc¬ 
ture. 

Natural laws are continuous and the offspring 
pays a penalty for the follies of the forbear. To 
have splendid children, parents must cause the good 
effect by their own preceding thoughts and actions. 

Nature is inexorable. It gives nothing for noth¬ 
ing. It provides a rule of penalty and everything 
must pay. There is a scale of balance and you are 
exactly what you weigh. Natural weight is only 
recorded according to useful effort and self sacri¬ 
ficing development. If you overbalance the scales 
in one direction you are shorn in another. 

You cannot cheat nature. You only receive what 
you work for. No work, no reward. One transgres- 


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sion, one penalty. One hundred transgressions, one 
hundred penalties. It is cause and effect, over and 
over again through one’s life, through many genera¬ 
tions, through all eternity. The farther you go away 
from it, the farther you must go back to strike the 
balance. The greater evils you have practiced the 
heavier the burdens you must carry. When you 
cheat you cheat yourself. 

The face is the outward expression of what we 
think. Each thought either expands or contracts a 
muscle of the face and continual thinking along any 
particular line leaves a distinct mark upon the face 
which grows deeper and more prominent as time 
goes on. 

One who has made a study of the subject can read 
in faces the trend of what the owners have been 
thinking about during their lives. 

Expression is reflected to some extent from the 
faces of people with whom we associate. Two peo¬ 
ple living together and thinking alike and looking 
at each other a great deal during the course of sev¬ 
eral years will tend toward the same facial expres¬ 
sion. 

One may be able to deceive his neighbor, or one 
may be able to deceive himself but one will never 
be able to deceive his own face. Every thought, 
good or bad, serious or trivial, strong or weak, con¬ 
structive or destructive, noble or ignoble, inspiring 
or idiotic, leaves its impression upon the face, and 
for those who can read that language the character 
of man is as plain as if a record of it was printed 
in bold, black type across his countenance. 


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The reason that character is expressed on the face 
is because the seat of the senses are located in the 
face and head and the utilization of the senses re¬ 
quires the movement of innumerable minute muscles 
of the face causing various contractions and devel¬ 
opments, or by non use the lack of development. 

Hunger, gluttony, selfishness, egotism, fear, an¬ 
ger, self-denial, kindness, are all manifested by mus¬ 
cular development and combinations of facial con¬ 
tortions caused by mixed desires of the senses. 

The shape of the chin, the size of the nose, the curl 
of the lip, the gleam from the eye, the lobe of the 
ear, the set of the cheek and different lines of the 
face combine to show what the brain of any man and 
his forbear have been thinking about. No man can 
hide behind his own face. 

If it was not for character whereby man will make 
every known sacrifice even to giving up life itself for 
the sake of a principle, man would be no better than 
the beasts of the field. 

A good character, clear conscience, happy disposi¬ 
tion, and high aims in life go far towards keeping 
one healthy, ambitious and young. Bad morals cause 
early decay of mind and muscular system. 

Superior character is built by superior effort. 
Children must be taught early in life that character 
is the key to success and must be trained to give 
their best efforts in every undertaking, no matter 
how trivial it may be. 

Thinking good thoughts develops mental functions 
for a good moral character; Thinking bad thoughts 
creates a mental appetite for a bad moral character. 


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As you think so you grow mental functions that 
crave more and more those conditions which you 
think about. Thoughts lead to acts and increasing 
desires that create habits that are difficult to elimi¬ 
nate. Habits then become the power that moulds 
the character and enslaves the will. 

A trifling immoral thought started in the mind 
grows like a weed in the brain—at first a temptation 
and then a fixed habit—spreading forth disease it 
overpowers the conscience and finally controls the 
mind. As it grows it builds rotten machinery in the 
brain and little by little crowds out every symptom 
of good character that remains. 

Association with immoral people is as dangerous 
for those with good morals as contact of healthy 
bodies is with people with smallpox, or venereal dis¬ 
eases. The germs of moral diseases are as penetrat¬ 
ing and poisonous as are the germs of physical 
diseases. 

A mind dependent upon immoral thoughts, vulgar 
stories, or obscene pictures for the pleasures of life 
reflects a brain whose intricate mental functions 
are intertwined with twisted roots of mental corrup¬ 
tion. 

Study your face in the mirror and you will see 
a true reflection of your character made up of every 
thought that ever passed through the mind of your¬ 
self and forbear. 

The will to do right must become the master of 

man. 

The idea of nature is to instill into man the power 
to stand and act upon his own resources. To do this 



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successfully lie must be able to control his senses 
and develop a mind and body that will tend toward 
a state of perfection in appearance and usefulness. 

A powerful mind that will attain its greatest re¬ 
sults must be incased in a strong and healthy frame. 

A powerful mind incarcerated in a weak frame 
is like power congested in a bubble; it does not re¬ 
main long. 

A powerful body without a strong mind cannot 
withstand temptations and soon wrecks itself 
through acquired weakening habits. 

The use of drugs, strong beverages, tobaccos and 
candies or dancing, night parties, licentiousness, 
obscenity, brutality, cheating, foul language, glut¬ 
tony and misrepresentation are all old-fashioned 
practices indulged in by the weakest of our fore¬ 
fathers and it is time we abolish them and adopt new 
habits that will strengthen our bodies and minds and 
develop the moral and spiritual nature within our¬ 
selves. 


What does one gain by cheating and mis¬ 
treating if forced to carry around forever 
after the hidious expression of it. 


CHAPTER XXI. 


SUPER SENSES. 

Growth does not begin at its fullness but requires 
time for development. 

Man, today, has five usable senses which have been 
developed by and are attuned to the atmospheric or 
chemical conditions which surround the earth. His 
sense of sight has been developed by sunlight ; his 
sense of taste by liquids, his sense of smell by gases, 
his sense of hearing by sound, his sense of feeling by 
pressure of substances or temperature. 

In the first stages of man’s growth these five 
senses were all he needed for self preservation but 
as he grows beyond primitive needs and as his in¬ 
creasing consciousness inquires into the mysteries of 
the universe he discovers the necessity for more 
senses and greater power of understanding. 

Even man’s economic development which brings 
the different peoples of the world into closer rela¬ 
tionship or the necessity of more efficient methods of 
production and distribution of necessities and lux¬ 
uries show the need for more and greater senses to 
go beyond the course he has already traveled. 

Man has a long way to go before he will be full 
grown. He knows nothing of the earth beneath 
its crust and very little about the atmosphere sur- 


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rounding it. He has not yet learned how to regulate 
the weather nor how to live high up in the air, nor 
has he even learned how to navigate the air. It 
astounds him when I say that he can eventually 
navigate the heavens. 

Man has not yet learned how to harness or mix 
sunlight with other substances of greater density 
for power and lighting and heating purposes. He 
knows nothing about transprocession for the elimi¬ 
nation of useless transportation. 

Man knows nothing about the composition of men¬ 
tality or how it is received and transmitted by the 
mental organs. It makes man dizzy to try and un¬ 
derstand Zig-Zag-And-Swirl movement. He does 
not yet understand the Law Of Penetrability which 
causes all movement through difference in density, 
or why sound and mentality are substances. 

The continual desire to acquire consciousness cap¬ 
able of understanding the rules of the universe will 
gradually produce in man more and greater senses 
than those he now uses. 

For instance, it is possible to extend the mental 

faculties of man beyond the skin of his body and 

transmit his thoughts to other minds thousands of 

miles away with speed that seems instantaneous, 

owing to the extraordinary penetrating qualities of 

mentality. 

•/ 

Penetrability causes mentality to pass in currents 
through solids, fluids, gases, light, heat and other 
substances of greater or lesser density to organs 
capable of absorbing it, irrespective of distance. 


M A N L I F E 


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When communication by mentality is understood 
and practiced it will be possible for Jones, seated in 
his office in New York, to not only see Smith in his 
office in London, Paris, Berlin, Rome, Stockholm 
or Tokio, but also to talk to him, hear his voice and 
even feel the heat or muscular force of his hand¬ 
shake. The consciousness of Jones being centered 
upon Smith will cause his mind to transmit his 
thoughts by pressure to Smith whose consciousness 
in turn being centered upon Jones will draw them 
into his own mind by suction and vice versa. 

All exchanges of thoughts between Jones and 
Smith will be accomplished with such marvelous 
speed that it will appear instantaneous and as if 
their bodies were close together and in actual con¬ 
tact with each other. Jones will see Smith in 
Smith’s office and Smith will see Jones in Jones’ 
office while they are conversing. 

This super-sense when developed in man will not 
only bring into his economic life newer and more 
rapid business methods but will also cause abso¬ 
lute honesty in all transactions as well as a very 
high state of morality to exist because it will be 
impossible for anyone to live under false pretenses, 
either in thoughts or action. Any human being will 
be able to know what his neighbor is thinking about 
which will tend to make the thoughts of man cleaner 
and more effective. 

Until the whole human race thinks and acts col¬ 
lectively with a single purpose in view, similar to 
that shown by man’s owm mental faculties in mov¬ 
ing his body through harmonious and collective 


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action the highest state of Manlife will not have 
been reached. 

The study of Lawsonomy including Zig-Zag-And- 
Swirl movement will develop in man a new sense of 
dimensions and proportions that he has no concep¬ 
tion of at the present time and will cause him to 
take an interest in great cosmic plans as well as the 
little affairs that takes up his time in his own at¬ 
mosphere. 

Continuous consciousness is another super-sense 
that man will develop as he increases his brain 
capacity and understanding of natural laws. It is 
possible for man to acquire the power to perpet¬ 
uate himself. 


CHAPTER XXII. 


SUMMARY. 

Iii summing up this work I make the following 
claims: 

1— There is but one tangible thing in the universe 
—Density. 

2— There is no tangible form of motion or energy. 
All movement is but an effect of Penetrability. 
Vibration is merely an effect of pressure and is but 
a minor factor in movement. 

3— All movement is caused by (1) a difference in 
density which causes one substance to penetrate 
another substance and (2) when one substance pen- 
erates another substance, Suction with expanding 
power and Pressure with contracting power is ef¬ 
fected. 

4— A balance is established throughout the uni¬ 
verse between the expanding movement of Suction 
and the contracting movement of Pressure which 
I have called Lawsonpoise, that causes perpetual 
movement. 

5 — Suction draws together and composes forma¬ 
tions and Pressure squeezes apart and decomposes 
formations. 

6— Currents of varying density and proportions 
are pulled by Suction and pushed by Pressure and 




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every movable thing within line of those currents 
are moved. 

7— All bodies are composed of differing density 
but are formed and moved according to the Law of 
Penetrability. 

8— Solids, liquids, air, gases, electricity, light, 
heat, ether, sound and mentality are all matter of 
greater or lesser density. 

9— The particles of which molecules, atoms or 
electrons or other smaller things are composed are 
either drawn together by Suction or squeezed apart 
by Pressure. 

10— The earth, sun, solar system and greater for¬ 
mations in space are formed and maintained by 
Suction and deformed and disintegrated by Pres¬ 
sure. 

11— Just as there can be no limit to the large¬ 
ness of space so there can be no limit to the small¬ 
ness of space. 

12— Eternity, without beginning or end, recog¬ 
nizes no such condition as Time which is but a form 
of comparative consciousness, recorded by the move¬ 
ment of different bodies or particles. 

13— Suction is the female of movement and Pres¬ 
sure the male of movement and all bodies or parti¬ 
cles throughout the universe are either male or 
female. 

14— The attraction of bodies or particles to one 
another is but the attraction of Suction for Pressure 
in which an ultimate combination through union 
results. 



M A N L I F E 


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15—The difference in sex is but the difference in 
movement, and sex is determined by Suction and 
Pressure. 

Consciousness is the effect of organized sub¬ 
stances and thinking is caused by Suction and Pres¬ 
sure. 

1^—Mentality is drawn into the brain by Suction 
and transmitted from the brain by Pressure. 

18— Mentality is a substance of extraordinary pen¬ 
etrating qualities and is dependent for expression 
upon specially constructed machinery such as the 
mental system of man. 

19— What physiologists call nerve cells, scattered 
all over the system, are in reality mental organisms 
with power of expression, singly and collectively, 
under the general direction of the mind. 

20— Feeling is caused by Pressure against these 
mental organisms and impressions are carried to 
the mind by mental currents through the mental 
fibers. 

21— Sound is a substance of subtle penetrating 
qualities caused by Pressure of various matter 
which becomes intelligible through specially con¬ 
structed organs such as the ears of man, into which 
it is drawn by Suction. Sound is also pushed out 
of man through the vocal cords by Pressure. The 
length of waves in the sound current are deter¬ 
mined by interruptions of Pressure and the pitch 
is determined by the size of the colliding materials. 

22— Light is a substance drawn to the eye by Suc¬ 
tion and closed out of it by Pressure. 


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23— Color exists everywhere in infinite varieties 

* 

and all substances contain different particles of 
color which are moved and combined by Suction 
and Pressure. 

24— Food is drawn into the body of man by Suc¬ 
tion and waste matter squeezed out of bis body by 
Pressure. 

25— Oxygen is drawn into the lungs and blood by 
Suction and the waste carbon dioxide is squeezed 
out through the lungs by Pressure. 

26— The blood is first drawn to the heart from all 
parts of the body by Suction and then pushed back 
to all parts of the body by Pressure. 

27— Every bone, muscle, mental fiber, tissue or cell 
of the body is built up by Suction and torn down 
by Pressure. 

28— Odors are accepted through the sense of 
smell by Suction and rejected by Pressure. 

29— It is possible for man, by the application of 
the principles of Penetrability, to regulate his move¬ 
ments and establish a balance between Suction and 
Pressure and thereby allow growth to continue 
within certain degrees of efficiency for an indefinite 
period. 

30— It is within the power of man to wholly re¬ 
build himself within a period of ten years and pro¬ 
duce a body and character in which there will be 
nothing left of his former self except memory and 
the will to conquer. Every organ, every muscle, 
every mental fiber, every mental organism and even 
the facial expression can be rebuilt and improved 
gradually by the correct adjustment of substances 



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213 


drawn into the body with the movements of the mus¬ 
cular system thus striking balance between Suction 
and Pressure and getting into harmony with Law- 
sonpoise. 

31— There are no set limits to man’s age or effi¬ 
ciency except that which is caused by his customs 
and habits. The will to perform make execution 
easy and one must first arouse the will to succeed 
before signs of success will appear. Bone and mus¬ 
cle and mind that have been allowed to decay for 
many years for lack of exercise cannot be remade 
in a day nor a year, but according to the mistreat¬ 
ment received the better treatment they must receive 
and the longer period it will take to reconstruct 
them. 

32— It is the finish of a race that counts and man 
should endeavor to increase the length of life so 
that sufficient time will be afforded to bring out the 
very best service there is in him before the finish. 

33— One is never too young or never too old to 
begin to increase efficiency and length of life. 


THE END. 


He who improves his inherited weakness is stronger 
than he who boasts of his inherited strength. 


APPENDIX. 


PUBLISHER’S NOTE. 

The publishers believe that the following address 
made by Alfred W. Lawson to Newspaper Repre¬ 
sentatives at Washington, D. C., September 19,1922, 
and Copyrighted and Recorded in the Library of 
Congress and telegraphed to all parts of the world 
on that day, will interest many readers of this book 
as well as increase their understanding of the Law 
of Penetrability, which causes everything in the uni¬ 
verse to move, as well as the movement of man, and 
therefore include it as an additional feature. It is a 
very big subject. In comparison to Lawson's Law 
of P enetr ability and Zig-Zag-And-Swirl movement, 
Newton's Law of Gravity or Einstein's theory of 
Relativity are but primer lessons, and the lessons of 
Copernicus and Galileo are but infiyiitismal grains of 
knowledge. Lawson has introduced the basic law of 
movement and mankind will, for all time to come, use 
this law as the foundation of Physics, Biology} 
Chemistry, Astrono?ny, Histology and every Science 
that deals with the movement of matter. It is the 
most far-reaching discovery ever made during the 
history of mankind. 


The greater the work the greater the time and 
effort required to build and understand it. 


THE KEY TO 

PERPETUAL MOVEMENT. 


A DIGEST OF THE CAUSES AND EFFECTS 
OF UNIVERSAL LAWS 


BY 

ALFRED W. LAWSON. 


Copyrighted and recorded in the Library of Congress, 
at Washington, D. C., U. S. A., September 19, 1922. 


Everything in the universe is Density. 

The difference in density causes Penetrability. 

Penetrability causes Displacement. 

Displacement causes Suction. 

Suction causes composition and Expansion. 

Expansion causes reaction and Pressure. 

Pressure causes Contraction. 

Contraction causes repulsion and Decomposition. 

Lawsonpoise is the equidisposition of composition 
and decomposition which causes Perpetual Move¬ 
ment. 

Density consists of varying substances which 
causes Penetrability and Combination. 

Without Penetrability, no movement could take 
place because one substance cannot move through 
another substance of equal density. 


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Penetrability causes solids to move through 
liquids; liquids to move through air; air to move 
through gas, etc. 

So the first law of movement is Penetrability, 
which causes displacement and regulates speed. 

When one substance penetrates another, a moving 
current is established and any movable formation 
in line of that current is moved. 

All speed in movement is comparative to the pene¬ 
trability of the substance moving. Substances of 
lesser density, such as light, heat and electricity, 
move with greater speed than combinations of gases, 
liquids and solids. 

Displacement puts into movement two predomi¬ 
nant factors—Suction and Pressure—which in turn 
causes Expansion and Contraction. 

By Suction formation is drawn together and by 
Pressure, it is squeezed apart. 

Suction is an attractive force which pulls together, 
composes and expands. 

Pressure is a repellant force which pushes away, 
decomposes and contracts. 

All formations are subjected to these two forces 
and when the power of Suction is less than that of 
Pressure, decomposition takes place. 

Therefore, expansion is a Suction movement which 
draws in from without and contraction is a Pressure 
movement which pushes out from within. 

An expansion movement in one part of the uni¬ 
verse causes a contracting movement in another 
part of the universe and vice versa. 


APPENDIX 


219 


When Pressure squeezes out decomposing sub¬ 
stances the space is refilled with new composition 
by Suction. 

The perfect functioning of these two opposing 
forces throughout the universe causes Lawsonpoise, 
or the equidisposition of composition and decompo¬ 
sition. 

Thus, while density is in a state of constant change 
still there is no loss anywhere and it is indestruct¬ 
ible. And that which cannot be destroyed, could not 
have been created, and is therefore eternal. 

The universe has no size nor shape; no inside nor 
outside; nor a center. It has no limits or bounda¬ 
ries of any kind. There is no such thing as direction 
in the universe. It is neither a plane, a cube nor a 
sphere. It has no such dimensions as squares, tri¬ 
angles, or circles. The universe has no Time. 

Size is but a comparison between bodies or par¬ 
ticles in densitv but the universe has no measure- 
ments at all. 

The microbe, which is too small to be seen by the 
naked eve of man, is of enormous size when com- 

7 

pared to the different organisms of which it is com¬ 
posed, while the earth, which appears large to man, 
is but a minute particle when compared to the sur¬ 
rounding heavens. 

Man is only able to compare things with which he 
has become familiar, and up to the present time, he 
has only been able to familiarize himself with those 
bodies and particles which come within reach of his 
glasses. So from comparing the movements and 


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dimensions of these bodies he has formulated a sys¬ 
tem of time and measurements and directions. 

The bodies moving through space known as stars, 
planets, comets, etc., are but minute particles of the 
universe, either moved by Suction for composition 
purposes or are being pushed away from some 
greater mass in a decomposed state by a contracting 
force to be reformed into another mass by Suction 
at another time and place. 

It must be understood that the heavens as we 
know them, occupies but infinitismal space in the uni¬ 
verse and the distances between the bodies therein 
are only comparable with the distances between 
atoms. 

The movements of these bodies in connection with 
each other are regulated by certain law^s which are 
understood to some extent by man and in accord¬ 
ance with these movements a system of reckoning 
has been established known as the higher mathe¬ 
matics. This system, however, while adequate for 
computing measurements and movements of the 
earth and neighboring bodies, is entirely inadequate 
for computing the measurements of the greater mass 
formations and more complicated movements of uni¬ 
versal Zig-Zag-And-Swirl. 

Although no such thing as Time exists in the uni¬ 
verse, still, a comparison of the movements of bodies 
in the nearby heavens has afforded a base from 
which man is enabled to record different periods and 
subdivide them into smaller units for his own con¬ 
venience. 


APPENDIX 


221 


Therefore, what appears to man as great 
stretches of time in the movement of the stars, are 
in reality, instantaneous movements when compared 
to the greater stretches of time required for the 
movements of other and greater masses in the uni¬ 
verse, while what appears but an instant to man 
appears as a long stretch of time to the microbe. So 
Time is merely a form of comparative conscious¬ 
ness. 

Man’s higher mathematics are limited to three 
dimensions: length, breadth and thickness. And 
scientists throughout the world labor under the im¬ 
pression that if another dimension is found, that all 
movements in the universe can be calculated from 
four dimensions. That is a stupendous error for 
scientists to make. 

While a fourth dimension would undoubtedly be 
of great service to man and increase his understand¬ 
ing of Natural Laws to some considerable extent, 
still, the knowledge gained from one more dimen¬ 
sion would be but a fraction of that necessary to 
understand universal movement which has neither 
beginning nor end, size nor shape, direction or 
time, and penetrability of varying density without 
limits. 

The establishment of a limit to universal move¬ 
ment in the mind of man merely establishes a limit 
to his own consciousness. 

Everything in the universe is interdependent 
upon everything else and the movement of any sin¬ 
gle body only obtains a direction by comparing its 
movement with the movement of some other body 


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or bodies with which it is associated. Therefore, the 
direction of its movement can only be understood by 
man as compared with the number of different bodies 
or formations that man is conscious of it being asso¬ 
ciated with. 

No thing ever moved in a straight course in the 
universe, and no thing ever moved in a circle in the 
universe. No thing ever started to move and re¬ 
turned to the starting point again in the universe. 
Neither did it take the direction in which it was 
started. No thing ever remained in the same posi¬ 
tion nor contained the same composition in the uni¬ 
verse even for an instant. 

Penetrability of varying density makes possible 
that any body or particle moves through the uni¬ 
verse in countless directions at the same time. A 
body does not move in a straight course, it does not 
move in a circle, nor in an elliptical, but it moves 
in what I have termed a Zig-Zag-And-Swirl, and it 
is neither coming nor going in any direction. 

So, it becomes necessary to go beyond man’s 
higher mathematics to compute the movements of 
bodies or particles in the Zig-Zag-And-Swirl and 
therefore a system of superlative mathematics must 
be created for the purpose with the understanding 
that not only a fourth dimension is needed but many 
other dimensions as well. 

Zig-Zag-And-Swirl is movement in which any for¬ 
mation moves in a multiple direction according to 
the movements of many increasingly greater forma¬ 
tions, each depending upon the greater formation 
for direction and upon varying changes caused by 


APPENDIX 


223 


counteracting influences of Suction and Pressure of 
different proportions. 

For example, a germ upon a blood corpuscle might 
think he is moving in one, two or three directions 
only; the direction he takes himself, the direction 
taken by the corpuscle, and the direction taken by 
the blood. But still the germ, corpuscle and blood 
are dependent for further movement and direction 
upon a greater formation, man, and for this par¬ 
ticular example this man walks along the aisle of 
an Airliner from bow to stern in a westerly direc¬ 
tion. His walking speed is two miles an hour and 
he moves in an opposite direction from the course 
of the Airliner, which moves at a speed of one hun¬ 
dred miles an hour in an easterly direction and at 
an angle of thirty degrees to the surface of the earth. 
A forty-mile wind blows from the north which causes 
the Airliner to drift in a southerly direction. 

Now, while the Airliner moves in three distinct 
directions at the same time, i. e., going east, climb¬ 
ing upward, and drifting south, and the man moves 
in two distinct and opposite directions at the same 
time, i. e., walking west, and downward at an angle 
of thirty degrees, and the germ, corpuscle and blood 
are moving in their respective directions, they all 
depend upon the greater movements of the earth 
which is swirling around at greater speed and is 
also moving around the sun at still greater speed. 
Furthermore, the solar system is also moving in a 
different direction at a still greater speed. 

So there are eleven distinct directions just pointed 
out that the germ moves and eight different direc- 


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tions that man moves at the same time and all at 
different speeds. 

Thus Zig-Zag-And-Swirl movement continues 
without direction or end. The earth, man and germ 
alike, are pushed and pulled and swirled through 
the universe in countless directions simultaneously 
and at varying and unthinkable speeds, changing 
position each instant by intervening spaces of tril¬ 
lions and more miles. And this is caused by Pene¬ 
trability, with its conflicting currents of varying 
density moving along the lines of the least resist¬ 
ance. 

All formations are caused by Suction and their 
growth and expansion depends upon their power to 
draw from within being greater than Pressure can 
squeeze from without. 

Suction causes a pulling or swirling movement 
with attraction to the center, as proved by the move¬ 
ment and attraction of the earth, the sun and the 
solar system, or just plain eddies of air. 

Everything must move in the direction of Law- 
sonpoise or until it reaches a level between Suction 
and Pressure. For example, a piece of wood sub¬ 
merged in water will rise until the Suction of the 
wood equalizes the Pressure of the water. 

The earth is a living formation and obtains nour¬ 
ishment through the power of Suction. It draws into 
itself life giving substance which enable it to re¬ 
tain its shape from within by equalizing Pressure 
from without. It undergoes continuous change by 
drawing in new matter and squeezing out the old 
matter. It draws its substance from the heavens 


APPENDIX 


225 * 


it passes through and throws back into the heavens 
the waste matter for reformation. 

Gravity is simply the attraction of Suction and 
as the earth absorbs its substance principally 
through its north end, its power of attraction is 
greatest at that point as proved by the compass. 

When a complete survey has been made of both 
ends of the earth, it will be found that these ends 
are slightly drawn in toward the center and that 
new matter is drawn in at the north pole and waste 
matter is ejected from the south pole. 

The earth will gradually lose its power of attrac¬ 
tion as it loses Lawsonpoise. That is to say, when 
Suction from within cannot equal Pressure from 
without, permanent decomposition will begin and 
Pressure with a counteracting movement will lit¬ 
erally squeeze the life out of it. It will slowly 
shrivel away and disappear. 

The moon is an example of a formation in which 
Pressure has overbalanced Suction. It is losing 
Lawsonpoise and can no longer draw into itself suffi¬ 
cient sustenance to counteract outside Pressure con¬ 
sequently it is gradually being squeezed to death. 

As the moon is controlled by the Suction of the 
earth, just as the earth is controlled by the Suction 
of the sun, its matter is gradually being drawn into 
the earth for sustentation and it is only a question 
of time when it will have been entirely absorbed by 
the earth. Ultimately the earth will pass away by 
the same slow process as well as all other forma¬ 
tions. 


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The general belief that energy or motion is some¬ 
thing existent and of a tangible form, is not only 
contrary to profound reasoning, but is also dis¬ 
proved by every movement, great or small in the 
universe. 

There is not a movement, from an organism of 
the atom to the superlative mass formations beyond 
the heavens, that is not the effect of currents caused 
by penetrability of substances of varying density. 

Mentality, light, heat, sound, ether and electricity 
are all substances of varying density, that move in 
currents along the lines of the least resistance. 

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